I made this image to shock the viewer. A huge elephant seems to be charging at us through the foliage. With fixed gaze and gleaming tusks, it seems bent on destruction. I slightly underexposed the edges of this photograph after I made it, giving the image a frightening, tunnel-like effect. The charging elephant is the most memorable object in Kodak founder George Eastman’s elegant 1905 mansion. After retiring as one of the wealthiest men in the world in 1925, Eastman pursued adventures in the American West and in the African jungle. In 1928, he shot this huge elephant while on safari in Uganda. He had its head mounted on the wall of his conservatory and used to eat his breakfast below it every morning. When the house was renovated in 1947, a replica of the head, re-crafted out of modern-day materials, was installed in its place. (And yes, the puns in my title were intentional.)