Xavier Eichaker captures the secret life of the desert with passion and precision.
Xavier Eichaker is a French naturalist photographer renowned for his ability to capture wildlife in extreme environments. His images, imbued with poetry and scientific rigour, have been distributed by the Biosphoto agency since 1990. One of his most emblematic subjects is the sand cat, one of the most discreet felines adapted to desert environments. Xavier had the opportunity to photograph this rare feline in the Tin-Toumma desert in Niger, revealing its stealth and adaptation to a hostile environment. He has also documented the great horned owl, an owl with a hypnotic gaze, capturing its majestic silhouette in the dunes of the Sahara.
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Pharaoh eagle-owl looking at a prey, Unites Arab Emirates
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Caracal United Arab Emirats [...]
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Veiled chameleon on a branch Yemen
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Fox flying of Seychelles in back-light in front of the moon ; Composition
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Dart of a Scorpion United Arab Emirates
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Run of sand in the dunes United Arab Emirates
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Young Sand cat - United Arab Emirates
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Ostrich with its youngs
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Arabian Sand Gecko United Arab Emirates [...]
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Portrait of a Desert Eagle Owl United Arab Emirates
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Portrait of a male Red-veined Dropwing United Arab Emirates
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Portrait of Dune Sand Gecko United Arab Emirates [...]
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Scorpion Emirats Arabes Unis
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Dune in the sand desert United Arab Emirates [...]
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Arabian Viper with horns United Arab Emirats
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Mante land defence posture, United Arab Emirates
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Grand Duke Desert flight, United Arab Emirates
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Pharaoh eagle-owl flying United Arab Emirates
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Caméléon commun sortant de son oeuf [...]
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Euphrate jerboa Syria