The real Lion King: Photographer travels 2,500 miles to re-create Mufasa’s famous gaze over Pride Rock
- Iconic scene of Mufasa standing on top of Pride Rock was recreated by photographer David Yarrow
- He combined two images, the first taken atop of the real Pride Rock in Kenya and the second in South Africa
- David teamed up with ‘Lion Whisperer’ and conservationist Kevin Richardson and hopes to raise £500k
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This lion was crowned the king of mimicry after it was captured in the exact same pose as Mufasa on top of Pride Rock.
Photographer David Yarrow re-created the iconic scene by combining two images. He took the first from above the real Pride Rock in Borana, Kenya, before travelling 2,500 miles to South Africa where he shot the second at conservationist Kevin Richardson’s famous sanctuary.
David came up the idea with the help of Kevin, also known as the ‘Lion Whisperer’, and his team, who plan to raise more than £500,000 to help support African lions with the impressive shot.
Is that you, Mufasa? Photographer David Yarrow shot this picture of a lion on top of a rock at conservationist Kevin Richardson’s Lion Sanctuary in South Africa in a bid to recreate the scene from the Lion King
Mufasa and Simba are pictured in the 2019 Disney re-make of the Lion King, which stars James Earl Jones and JD McCary as the two lions
David is seen on a crane in a bid to get close enough to the lion atop of Pride Rock in Borana, Kenya, to get the perfect shot
The picture comes in the same year the Lion King was re-released by Disney, with David hopeful it will help raise awareness of the lion’s plight in Africa.
David said: ‘This is one of the most important and challenging projects of my career – it is creative and I hope we can break a few fundraising records. It really went far better than any of us hoped.’
It is on display at the Maddox Gallery in West London.
A still from the Lion King (2019) shows the character Mufasa on top of a rock as he reflects on the challenges ahead of him
Photographer David Yarrow came up the idea for the photo with the help of Kevin Richardson, also known as the ‘Lion Whisperer’, and his team and plan to raise £500,000 with the photograph