Award-winning British photographer Paul Coghlin gets up close and personal with endangered big cats such as snow leopards, Sumatran tigers and white Bengal tigers in his latest series, Fading From View.

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Peace - Portrait of African Lion © Paul Coghlin, courtesy The Print Room

Coghlin says: "The increasing spread of humans around planet Earth is continuing to have a severe impact on the rest of the natural world. Fading From View is a portrait series of endangered big cats, whose numbers in the wild, for some species, have dwindled to just a few tens of animals throughout the entire planet. A portion of my proceeds from the sale of each print will be donated to animal conservation projects."

Like much of Coghlin's work, these animal portraits capture detail, shape and pattern often hidden in plain sight. The textural component of his images often provoke a desire in many viewers to reach out to touch his prints as though they could run their hand across the fur of a lion's mane.

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Portrait of White Bengal Tiger © Paul Coghlin, courtesy The Print Room
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Portrait of Sumatran Tiger © Paul Coghlin, courtesy The Print Room
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Snow Leopard Looking Up © Paul Coghlin, courtesy The Print Room
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Portrait of Snow Leopard © Paul Coghlin, courtesy The Print Room
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Portrait of African Lion © Paul Coghlin, courtesy The Print Room
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African Lion Looking Away © Paul Coghlin, courtesy The Print Room
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Portrait of Puma © Paul Coghlin, courtesy The Print Room

Signed limited edition fine art prints of Paul Coghlin's latest works are available in a number of sizes from The Print Room.

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