National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore has had a lot of challenges since he first began photographing the world's animals in a studio setting. His first shot — a naked mole rat on a white cutting board — was 18 years ago. But one of his most memorable shot was a bit more difficult.
Seems Sartore and his son decided that chimpanzees would be best photographed on stark white paper. So they bought a huge roll of heavy paper, cut it, and spent an hour carefully duct taping it to the walls and floor of a small room.
Meanwhile, the chimps were watching the proceedings from a nearby stall. They were not impressed. When the staff opened the door for the chimps to walk into the make-shift studio, they didn't budge. Instead, one male chimp reached one giant arm inside the room, grabbed the paper, ripped it off wall and floor in one piece then, in one fluid motion, dragged it through the door. The chimps then gleefully ripped the paper to shreds.
Today, Sartore uses paint.