The Making of a Black Cat Commando

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The Making of a Black Cat Commando cover with a camouflaged commando emerging from darkness. A book produced by The Art of Visuals.

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The Making of a Black Cat Commando

The physical endurance, psychological conditioning and precision demanded of an NSG commando give this book its narrative. Photographs follow the rigours of training, while typography and page design respond to each stage of the journey, bringing the effort behind the black uniform into view.

Client: National Security GuardPrincipal Photography: Pravin TalanProduced by & Creative Direction: The Art of Visuals

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Selected double spreads

Blackening ceremony with a close-up of a red commando insignia and a smaller presentation photograph. From The Making of a Black Cat Commando, produced by The Art of Visuals.
Blackening
Commando crawling through a muddy trench during endurance training. From The Making of a Black Cat Commando, produced by The Art of Visuals.
Training
Close-up of an alert working dog beside the heading K9: Tearing into Terror. From The Making of a Black Cat Commando, produced by The Art of Visuals.
K9: tearing into terror
Commandos scaling a climbing wall and a tall training tower. From The Making of a Black Cat Commando, produced by The Art of Visuals.
Fearless and limitless
Silhouette of an armed diver beneath the sunlit water surface. From The Making of a Black Cat Commando, produced by The Art of Visuals.
Subsurface operations

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