Dressed in boxing gloves, an orangutan raises his hand - not in victory, but on command. A symbol of strength, performed by one who never chose to fight. Photographed in various zoos and safari parks across Thailand, this series shows the exploitation and suffering of primates for human entertainment. Primates are intelligent and social animals. Trainers try to humanise these animals – dressing them up, making them perform through fear and punishment, turning them into props. What tourists perceive as entertainment is, in reality, a situation of suffering for the animals involved.
