Alligator #0024 — BayouSelf Wildlife Archive

Alligator #0024 — BayouSelf Wildlife Archive

Deep in the Louisiana bayou, time moves differently. This is the moment Alligator #0024 was caught — still, watchful, ancient — a living relic of the Atchafalaya Basin. Every scale, every ripple in the water, every shaft of filtered light is preserved in this high-resolution digital image.

Part of the BayouSelf 1,000 Alligators Archive, a long-form documentary photography project capturing one thousand individual wild alligators across Louisiana's wetlands. Each image is a singular encounter — 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

About the Archive

The BayouSelf Wildlife Archive is an ongoing photographic record of Louisiana's wild alligator population. Each entry is numbered, dated, and documented in the field. This is wildlife photography as living archive — raw, unfiltered, and rooted in place.

Printed and displayed, this image brings the bayou into your space. Collected digitally, it becomes part of a growing record of one of North America's most iconic apex predators.