Welfare
As the crowds cheered and held their cameras aloft, craning to photograph orangutans dressed in boxing shorts, pedalled out into a ring and forced to fight under neon, flashing lights that read: ‘Welcome to Orangutan Muay Thai Show,’ Aaron Gekoski (aarongekoski.com) raised his camera to his tear-filled eye and took a photo. But unlike the holiday snaps tourists were taking to show off back home, Aaron’s agenda was quite different. Incredibly distressed by what he witnessed, he was capturing footage to expose the cruel humiliation of these mammals that ought to be lazing in the trees of Borneo. Hoping to educate tourists travelling to Thailand about the reality of the experiences they pay to witness, his photos and video footage tell a heartbreaking story.