Sola
(Feminine form of solus) alone; by oneself
This female cheetah, known as ‘Shashe’ (a river between Botswana and Zimbabwe), thrived in the plains of the Little Karoo in South Africa. In 2021, I had the privilege of spending time alone with her for a number of weeks and caught a glimpse into her daily life. Witnessing everything from resting, looking for potential prey, hunting, dealing with hungry jackals and even avoiding other cheetahs in the area. This is all if I even managed to find her on the day as she was living a very secretive life between litters. Her previous litter of four had reached maturity and she now had the luxury of having to only provide for herself until inevitably conceiving once again.
On this spring afternoon, Shashe had just missed out in a failed hunting attempt on a small herd of springbok and was now watching them from a distance. She hadn’t had much success in the days prior to this and I couldn’t help but feel a sense of loneliness from her. This is the life of a female cheetah, though, and in hindsight I was mirroring my own internal feelings onto her.
Framed behind 3mm clear glass (A4–A1) or 3mm clear perspex (A0).
Gallery frame profile: 23mm x 23mm, available in Black, White, Teak or Ash.
Mount board option: Arctic White 1300 Micron Mount.
Backed with 3mm MDF and fitted with hanger plates.
CANVAS SPECS
Printed on 340gsm Fine Art Cotton Canvas, stretched and fitted into a floater frame with a 10mm shadow gap, available in Black, White, Teak or Ash. Comes ready to hang.
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About the mount
Our mount board: White, 1300 Micron, acid-free. Border width: 40mm on A4–A2, 50mm on A1–A0.
Curated
with purpose
A percentage of every sale supports environmental and wildlife conservation.
Handcrafted
with care
Every frame is hand-finished and quality checked before it leaves our studio.
Sourced
first-hand
No stock libraries. Every piece is original work, captured by the photographer who was there.
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to hang
Prints arrive fully framed and ready to hang — no trips to the framer required.
Size guide
Compare against a wall or piece of furniture before you choose. All measurements are outer frame dimensions in millimetres.
| Size | Without mount | With mount |
|---|---|---|
| A4 | 256 × 343 mm | 329 × 416 mm |
| A3 | 466 × 443 mm | 539 × 416 mm |
| A2 | 640 × 466 mm | 713 × 539 mm |
| A1 | 887 × 640 mm | 960 × 713 mm |
| A0 | 1235 × 887 mm | 1328 × 980 mm |
Mount board: White, 1300 Micron, acid-free. Border width: 40mm (A4–A2), 50mm (A1–A0). Glazing: 3mm clear glass (A4–A1), 3mm clear perspex (A0).
Real photographers, real wild places
Every piece in the Roam catalogue is the result of real time in the field — captured first-hand, not staged or invented, and brought to your wall exactly as it was shot.
Behind the lens
Byron Grobler
Byron Grobler is the photographer behind this piece, working across South Africa's wildest terrain to capture moments that can't be staged or repeated. Every print in this collection is licensed directly from Byron Grobler, with a portion of every sale going back into the conservation of the places and animals featured.