So, you may or may not know that I’m heavily influenced by art and everything creative. So it wouldn’t be a surprise to see some postings on this site about photography, because at the end of the day, photography is another aspect of art. This guy, Nick Brandt is one of the nicest guys still alive now in the 21st century. I won’t bore you too much with explaining his background. here’s his website.

Reviews

“African wildlife has never looked so regal and mysterious as in Brandt’s grave photographs. His elephants appear as weighty as the pyramids. His rhinos look more ancient than carbon. His apes know something we don’t. Given the multitude of human disasters in Africa, is it an indulgence to lose yourself in pictures that carry no hint of the wars and famines outside the frame? Not when the pictures are such powerful reminders that Africa is also a magnificent—and endangered—treasure house of animal life.”

- Time Magazine  (Time Top Five Photographic Books of 2005)

“Nick Brandt’s images of the animals of Eastern Africa take one’s breath away. These powerful glimpses of another world are so intimate one might hear the rustle of brush as a cheetah makes herself known, or the breathing of a lion as he stands alert. One cannot help but connect with these animals. They each have a unique personality. But it is not mere intimacy that attracts.

Brandt’s pictures are beautifully composed, sensuous portraits. Heartbreakingly beautiful, these strong and vital creatures seem somehow fragile, ephemeral. We must make sure that it’s not only in images that they are preserved.”

- Black & White Magazine, USA