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Two Ellies, taken at Thula Thula Private Game Reserve in Kwa Zulu Natal,
South Africa, home of the late Lawrence Anthony, the author of The
Elephant Whisperer. He passed away this year; his wife and two sons
continue in his footsteps. Anthony's book on Thula Thula mentions Nana
as the matriarch of the rogue herd of elephants he rescued and her baby
Frankie. This photo is of Frankie with her baby."

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Worthington and her husband, Ben,
employed by Ford Motor Co., returned
this year from Port Elizabeth on the
Indian Ocean. As she began her pho-
tography projects, she was able to sell
some of her pieces in South Africa.
"Sometimes, I did feel in danger!'
she says. "With the lions, it depends
on feeding time. A vehicle safari is one
thing, and a walking safari is another.
Walking with a guide who holds a gun
is a little more hair-raising.
"You have to know how to respect
the animals. We're impeding their turf
and want to leave the smallest foot-
print possible. I want to be as small as
I can to enjoy the vastness and beauty
of the animals!"
Worthington, born in Chicago and
raised part of the time in France, went
to the University of Wisconsin, where
she studied art and financial planning.
She lived in many cities before moving
to Michigan, where she could be closer
to her brother, Morris Rottman of
West Bloomfield, and where she mar-
ried for the second time.
"The catalyst for moving from
finance to art was making my own
notecards with photos on them:'
Worthington explains. "I always pre-
fer a blank card so I can write down
my thoughts. Over the years, I knew
people who framed them.
"I decided that if people loved my
small images well enough to frame, I
would share the larger ones:'
Worthington, who is planning to
take some technical classes in digital
photography, started out working with
black-and-white images. For her work
with animals, she carried more than

one camera because she didn't have
time to change lenses.

Although she doesn't print her own
pictures, she mats and mounts them.
Away from the wild animals,
Worthington has focused on
tamer images. On a recent trip to
Washington State, the photographer
aimed her lens at the beauty of wine
country and apple orchards.
While in South Africa, Worthington
immersed herself at times in the pov-
erty of the area, spending brief peri-
ods in huts and getting to know the
people. She and her husband came to
support the Missionvale Care Centre,
which helps the destitute and those
suffering with HIV/AIDS.
"We're still trying to do organizing
and raise funds for Missionvale," she
says.
Worthington would like to return to
South Africa to take more photos. She
came to feel most comfortable work-
ing on game farms, where animals are
fenced in for their own protection.
"I would love to share my photo
experiences through organized group
tours to the area!' she says. "I want to
teach other photographers how to cap-
ture the animals as they live:'

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Bat Mitzvah

PHOTOGRAPHS

The Janice Charach Gallery needs
your bat mitzvah photographs for
an upcoming exhibit!

Pictures can be:

Candid ✓ Poised ✓
Beautiful✓ Cheesy ✓

Please e-mail jpegs to gallery@jccdet.org .

Or send photos to:

Janice Charach Gallery
6600 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322.

All photos must be received by February 10, 2013

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(Photos may be picked up at the end of the exhibit.)

To be part of the exhibit, please make an $18 gift.*

The photographs of Linda
Rottman Worthington will be on
view through June at Art-Is-In
Market in the Laurel Park Place
Mall in Livonia. (734) 432-9177.
They also can be seen at Art-
Is-In Market in the Twelve Oaks
Mall in Novi. (248) 380-4992.
www.artisinmarket.com .

(All proceeds to benefit the gallery.)

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Eugene & Marcia Applebaum Jewish Community Campus

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