A keen observer of the animal world and a pioneer of wildlife photography, George Shiras was the first, at the turn of the twentieth century, to reveal the nocturnal lives of forest animals through surprising flash photographs. From shots taken on his canoe to tricks in which the animal triggers the shot itself by running into a thread, he captured deer, lynx, porcupines and birds. A poetic essay by philosopher Jean-Christophe Bailly accompanies them.