A bear family album that’s comfortingly familiar
PAUL McGUINNESS, EDITOR
What is it about bears that we humans just can’t get enough of? As far back as I care to recall, from Disney’s Baloo to Yogi Bear from Jellystone (not to mention the imaginatively named Little Ted, who I cuddled at night), I looked to bears almost as big brothers – wild, exotic characters that promised mischief but security, too.
I’m not sure my view has changed all that much in the intervening years. Bears are strong, powerful creatures, not to be messed with. But at the same time they love to play, and spend so much time together as a family, as US photographers Kate and Adam Rice reveal in this month’s Portfolio feature.
It’s left me excited about getting out and enjoying nature more this spring. It may have been a long, cold winter, but as the song goes, here comes the sun! Enjoy the issue.
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