Ford's Bestiary in Europe is not as violent as his other work and shows his interest in the role of humans and their view of nature. Here the villagers use torches to rid the area of a black panther. Whose habitat is whose and where must lines be drawn are ideas brought forth in this image as well as the question of how many weren't as lucky as this panther to get away.
Walton considered himself "not a minimalist but a maximalist" and wishes to take his photos even further. He wishes to be able to make pieces that consist of a sexy monkey or even an elephant with an erection.
Walton likes to play with the idea of Attraction and Repulsion. His work at first is very visual appealing with bright colors and very interesting animals as subjects. Then hits you with the repulsion when you look closer and discover what is really occurring in the photo is dark in manner and cruel in nature.
Walton gets many ideas from that of Audubon and others text they write themselves about their adventures and also about their past. Audubon's mother kept many animals around the house and he has a vivid memory of a certain instance when a monkey decided that a bird needed to meet a certain fate. The monkey for no purpose took a beloved pet bird and killed it. Walton recreates this tale in a very appealing fashion.
Here Walton literately plays on the role of the naturalist when nature takes its tole on them itself. The fact that nature is cruel even to humans is shown in this piece as the lion attacks its viewer as turns of the observer.
Walton's more recent work deals with cinema and the depiction of the famous King Kong. The early film consisted of a hideous gorilla with a face that would only scare those of the human race. Walton works with the faces unseen by viewers that did not involve rage and destruction, the focus of the film. He shows the scared and worried nature of the beast as it is unsure of what had been occurring to his and the constant screaming that he encounters.
The tale of the Passenger Pigeons, early Americans most numerous bird was recreated to make one of Walton's most mesmerizing works. The floating like nature of the bird covered branch as they fall due to the overwhelming amount of birds creates a aw moment. The flocks of these birds consisted of millions of members and would take 14 hours to pass. The sky turn dark and the trees would crack from their landing. They were then hunted at mass amount thinking there is so many but the colonist killed them all. Walton plays on their once crazy role in the world to their destruction.