Alligator #0003 — BayouSelf Wildlife Archive

Alligator #0003 — BayouSelf Wildlife Archive

Every archive has its early entries — the ones that set the tone for everything that follows. Alligator #0003 is one of those. Photographed in the wild Louisiana wetlands in the earliest days of the BayouSelf project, this high-resolution field image captures a wild American alligator with the kind of clarity and presence that made this archive worth building. Raw, real, and rooted in the bayou.

Part of the BayouSelf 1,000 Alligators Archive, a long-form documentary photography project dedicated to capturing one thousand individual wild alligators across Louisiana’s wetlands. Each image is a numbered field record — one creature, one moment, one truth of the bayou.

What You Receive

• High-resolution digital image file (JPEG)
• Suitable for large-format printing, framing, editorial, and personal use
• Instant digital download — no shipping required

Field Note

Adult American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). One of the earliest field entries in the BayouSelf 1,000 Alligators Archive. Photographed in the wild Louisiana wetlands.

About the Archive

The BayouSelf Wildlife Archive is an ongoing photographic record of Louisiana’s wild alligator population — from hatchlings to giants. Every entry is numbered, documented in the field, and added to a growing catalog of one of North America’s most enduring apex predators.

One of the first. One of the best. Alligator #0003 is an early archive entry and a high-resolution piece of the Louisiana wild, ready to print, frame, or collect.