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| name = Nick Brandt | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1964}} | birth_place = London, England, United Kingdom | education = Saint Martin's School of Art | occupation = Photographer | spouse = Orla Brady (2002–present) |website = {{url|nickbrandt.com}} }}Nick Brandt (born 1964) is an English photographer whose themes always relate to the disappearing natural world, before much of it is destroyed by mankind.[1] Background and early careerBorn in 1964 and raised in London, England, Brandt studied Painting, and then Film at Saint Martin's School of Art.[2] He moved to California in 1992 and directed many award-winning music videos for the likes of Michael Jackson ("Earth Song", "Stranger in Moscow"), Moby ("Porcelain"), Jewel ("Hands"), XTC ("Dear God") among others.[3] It was in 1995 while directing "Earth Song"[4] in Tanzania that Brandt fell in love with the animals and land of East Africa.[5] In 2001, frustrated that he could not capture on film his feelings about and love for animals, he realized there was a way to achieve this through photography, in a way that he felt no-one had done before.[6] PhotographyOn This EarthIn 2001, Brandt embarked upon his first photographic project: a trilogy of work to memorialize the vanishing natural grandeur of East Africa. [7]This work bore little relation to the typical, color, documentary-style wildlife photography.[6] Brandt’s images were mainly graphic portraits more akin to studio portraiture of human subjects from a much earlier era, as if these animals were already long dead. “The resulting photographs feel like artifacts from a bygone era.”[6] Using a Pentax 67II with two fixed lenses, Brandt photographed on medium-format black and white film without telephoto or zoom lenses. He writes: "You wouldn't take a portrait of a human being from a hundred feet away and expect to capture their spirit; you'd move in close."[8] A book of the resulting photography, On This Earth,[9] was released in 2005 and constituted 66 photos taken from 2000–2004 with introductions by the conservationist and primatologist Jane Goodall, author Alice Sebold, and photography critic Vicki Goldberg. In the afterword, Brandt explained the reasons for the methods he used at the time: "I'm not interested in creating work that is simply documentary or filled with action and drama, which has been the norm in the photography of animals in the wild. What I am interested in is showing the animals simply in the state of Being. In the state of Being before they are no longer are. Before, in the wild at least, they cease to exist. This world is under terrible threat, all of it caused by us. To me, every creature, human or nonhuman, has an equal right to live, and this feeling, this belief that every animal and I are equal, affects me every time I frame an animal in my camera. The photos are my elegy to these beautiful creatures, to this wrenchingly beautiful world that is steadily, tragically vanishing before our eyes." [10] A Shadow FallsReturning to Africa repeatedly from 2005–2008, Brandt continued the project. The second book in the trilogy, A Shadow Falls, was released in 2009 and featured 58 photographs taken during the preceding years.[11] Writing in the introduction, Goldberg states: "Many pictures convey a rare sense of intimacy, as if Brandt knew the animals, had invited them to sit for his camera, and had a prime portraitist’s intuition of character...as elegant as any arranged by Arnold Newman for his human high achievers."[12] In additional introductions, philosopher Peter Singer, author of Animal Liberation, explains why Brandt's photographs speak to an increasing human moral conscience about our treatment of animals: “The photographs tell us, in a way that is beyond words, that we do not own this planet, and are not the only beings living on it who matter.”[13] Across the Ravaged LandIn 2013, Brandt completed the trilogy On This Earth, A Shadow Falls, Across the Ravaged Land (the titles designed to form one consecutive sentence) with Across the Ravaged Land. A book of the photography was released the same year.[14] Across the Ravaged Land introduced humans in Brandt's photography for the first time. One such example is Ranger with Tusks of Elephant Killed at the Hands of Man, Amboseli, Kenya 2011.[15] This photograph features a ranger employed by Big Life Foundation, a foundation started by Brandt in 2010 to help preserve critical ecosystems in Kenya and Tanzania.[16] The ranger holds the tusks of an elephant of the Amboseli region killed by poachers.[6]Inherit the DustIn 2014, Brandt returned to East Africa to photograph the escalating changes to the continent’s natural world.[16] In a series of panoramic photographs, he recorded the impact of man in places where animals used to roam. In each location, he erected a life size panel of one of his animal portrait photographs, setting the panels within a world of urban development, factories, wasteland and quarries.[17] A book of the work, Inherit the Dust, was published in 2016.[18] In the book, Brandt writes, "We are living through the antithesis of genesis right now. It took billions of years to reach a place of such wondrous diversity, and then in just a few shockingly short years, an infinitesimal pinprick of time, to annihilate that."[19] Writing in LensCulture, editor Jim Casper stated: “The resulting wall-size prints are impeccably beautiful and stunning, as well as profoundly disturbing. They convey the vast spaces and light of contemporary Africa with a cinematic immersion and incredible detail. When standing in front of his images, the viewer is transported into the scenes - sometimes with wonder and awe and joy, and other times with overwhelming sadness, despair and disgust."[20] Photography critic Michelle Bogre further noted: “Nick Brandt’s new photographic work, Inherit the Dust, is his visual cry of anguish about the looming apocalypse for animals habitats in Africa... The resulting images are simultaneously beautiful and horrifying, because they illustrate the irreconcilable clash of past and present.”[21] This Empty WorldBrandt’s next project, This Empty World, was released in February 2019. The series was published in book form by Thames & Hudson.[22] This new project, “addresses the escalating destruction of the African natural world at the hands of humans, showing a world where, overwhelmed by runaway development, there is no longer space for animals to survive. The people in the photos also often helplessly swept along by the relentless tide of ‘progress.’”[23] Representing a thematic and technical evolution, the series required Brandt to develop and perfect a demanding new process. The Brooklyn Rail described it as: {{Quote|text=An ambitious undertaking, the project required six months to complete, and necessitated the building of large sets and night shoots amid relentless dust-storms. Initially, partial sets were constructed on Maasai land—one of the few places where animals and humans still coexist—and motion-activated cameras hidden from view. After many weeks, the animals became comfortable enough to enter these strange domains, triggering the camera as they did so. The requisite next-step involved completing the set—a petrol station for example or a highway—and enlisting a cast of local residents to populate each scene, before taking the second image, almost always from the same position as the first. The final photograph is created from a composite of both images; producing scenes in which large mammals appear lost within a human-dominated milieu.[24] }} Says Brandt, “People still think the major issue with the destruction of wildlife in Africa is poaching, but especially in East Africa it's no longer the biggest problem. The biggest problem is the population explosion that is happening. With that comes an invasion of humanity and development into what was not so long ago wildlife habitat."[25] The resulting large-scale prints (up to 60x130 in / 140x300 cm) were exhibited in near-simultaneous exhibitions in London (Waddington Custot), New York (Edwynn Houk Gallery), and Los Angeles (Fahey/Klein Gallery).[26] Big Life FoundationIn September 2010, in urgent response to the escalation of poaching in Africa due to increased demand from the Far East[27] , Brandt founded the non-profit organization Big Life Foundation, dedicated to the conservation of Africa's wildlife and ecosystems.[28] With one of the most spectacular elephant populations in Africa being rapidly diminished by poachers[29], the Amboseli ecosystem—which straddles both Kenya and Tanzania—became the foundation's large-scale pilot project.[30] Headed up in Kenya by conservationist Richard Bonham[31], multiple fully equipped teams of anti-poaching rangers have been placed in newly built outposts in the critical areas throughout the more than {{convert|2|e6acre|km2|adj=on}} area.[32] This effort has resulted in a dramatically reduced incidence of killing and poaching of wildlife in the ecosystem. {{Citation needed| reason=this statement requires a reference |date=August 2018}} Big Life Foundation now employs several hundred rangers protecting approximately 2 million acres of ecosystem.[33]Bibliography
Selected exhibitions
References1. ^Agricultural Expansion and Human Population Pressure on Semi-Arid Landscapes Retrieved 15 January 2010 2. ^Living on EarthGallimard L., 21 December 2009. Retrieved 8 January 2010 3. ^{{cite web |title=Nicholas Brandt |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0104978/ |website=IMDb |accessdate=9 August 2018}} 4. ^{{cite web |title=Michael Jackson - Earth Song (Official Video) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAi3VTSdTxU |website=YouTube |accessdate=9 August 2018}} 5. ^{{cite web |last1=Keefe |first1=Alexa |title=Iconic Animals ‘Return’ to Lands They Once Roamed |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/proof/2016/04/19/iconic-animals-return-to-lands-they-once-roamed/ |website=nationalgeographic.com |publisher=National Geographic |accessdate=9 August 2018}} 6. ^1 2 3 {{cite web |last1=Meek |first1=Miki |title=In East Africa, Fine Art Meets Conservation |url=https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/05/in-east-africa-fine-art-meets-conservation/ |website=nytimes.com |publisher=The New York Times |accessdate=9 August 2018}} 7. ^{{cite web |last1=Triplett |first1=Brian |title=Elegiac call of the wild |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2005/aug/11/news/wk-gallery11 |website=latimes.com |publisher=Los Angeles Times |accessdate=9 August 2018}} 8. ^{{cite news |last1=Hope |first1=Terry |title=Pro File: Nick Brandt |url=http://www.nickbrandt.com/UserImages/11/11129/file/Professional_Photographer_Jul_06(1).pdf |issue=July 2006 |publisher=Professional Photographer}} 9. ^{{cite web |title=On This Earth: Photographs from East Africa |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/On_This_Earth.html?id=3AAPSOHXNpUC |website=google.com |publisher=Google Books |accessdate=9 August 2018}} 10. ^Afterword, from On This Earth, Retrieved 11 January 2010 11. ^{{cite web |title=A Shadow Falls |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hGRUPgAACAAJ |website=google.com |publisher=Google Books |accessdate=9 August 2018}} 12. ^Vicki Goldberg, Introduction, On This Earth, Retrieved 11 January 2010 13. ^Peter Singer, Foreword, A Shadow Falls Retrieved 11 January 2010 14. ^{{cite news |last1=Epstein |first1=Robert |title=Nick Brandt: End of Eden |url=http://www.visualserver.com/VS/UserImages/11/11129/file/Independent%20Review%2010-13.pdf |accessdate=7 August 2018 |issue=2013-10-20 |publisher=The Independent}} 15. ^{{cite web |last1=Davidson |first1=Barbara |title=reFramed: In conversation with Nick Brandt |url=http://framework.latimes.com/2013/10/21/reframed-in-conversation-with-nick-brandt/#/0 |website=latimes.com |publisher=Los Angeles Times |accessdate=9 August 2018}} 16. ^1 {{cite news |last1=Hawk |first1=Steve |title=Activist or Artist? |url=https://www.hlphotogallery.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/news-pdfs/Brandt_Sierra_News.pdf |accessdate=2018-08-06 |issue=March–April 2014 |publisher=Sierra}} 17. ^{{cite web |last1=Bradner |first1=Liesl |title=Nick Brandt's 'Inherit the Dust' photos track Africa's tragic urban sprawl |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/museums/la-ca-cm-nick-brandt-inherit-dust-20160221-story.html |website=latimes.com |publisher=Los Angeles Times |accessdate=2018-08-06}} 18. ^{{cite web |last1=Teicher |first1=Jordan G. |title=Where East Africa’s Majestic Animals Once Roamed |url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2016/03/07/nick_brandt_photographs_african_megafauna_in_their_former_habitats_in_his.html |website=slate.com |publisher=Slate |accessdate=2018-08-06}} 19. ^{{cite web |last1=Canby |first1=Peter |title=Elephants in Dust |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/elephants-in-dust |website=newyorker.com |publisher=The New Yorker |accessdate=9 August 2018}} 20. ^{{cite web |last1=Casper |first1=Jim |title=Inherit the Dust |url=https://www.lensculture.com/articles/nick-brandt-inherit-the-dust |website=lensculture.com |publisher=LensCulture |accessdate=9 August 2018}} 21. ^{{cite web |last1=Bogre |first1=Michelle |title=Animal Habitats in Life-Sized Urban Panoramas |url=https://www.americanphotomag.com/nick-brandt-captures-africas-lost-animal-habitats |website=americanphotomag.com |publisher=American Photo |accessdate=9 August 2018}} 22. ^{{cite web |title=Nick Brandt: This Empty World |url=https://thamesandhudson.com/nick-brandt-this-empty-world-9780500545140 |website=Thames & Hudson |accessdate=7 March 2019}} 23. ^{{cite web |title=Nick Brandt: This Empty World |url=https://www.all-about-photo.com/photo-events/photo-exhibition/1076/nick-brandt-this-empty-world |website=All About Photo |publisher=All-About-Photo.com |accessdate=7 March 2019}} 24. ^{{cite web |last1=Pateman |first1=Daniel |title=Nick Brandt: This Empty World |url=https://brooklynrail.org/2019/02/artseen/Nick-Brandt-This-Empty-World |website=The Brooklyn Rail |publisher=The Brooklyn Rail |accessdate=7 March 2019}} 25. ^{{cite web |last1=Hardy |first1=Michael |title=PHOTOS SHOW HOW WILDLIFE AND HUMANS COLLIDE ON A GRAND SCALE |url=https://www.wired.com/story/wildlife-human-habitats-collide-photo-gallery/ |website=Wired |publisher=Condé Nast |accessdate=7 March 2019}} 26. ^{{cite web |last1=Dunstan |first1=Marsha |title=Nick Brandt : This Empty World |url=https://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/nick-brandt-this-empty-world/ |website=The Eye of Photography |publisher=L’Oeil de la Photographie |accessdate=7 March 2019}} 27. ^{{cite web |last1=Lombard |first1=Louisa |title=Dying for Ivory |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/21/opinion/elephants-dying-for-ivory.html |website=The New York Times |accessdate=2 August 2018}} 28. ^{{cite web |last1=Butet-Roch |first1=Laurence |title=These Photographers Launched Their Own Foundations to Create Change |url=http://time.com/4003133/these-photographers-launched-their-own-foundations-to-create-change/ |website=Time |accessdate=2 August 2018}} 29. ^{{cite web |last1=Ciccarelli |first1=Raffaella |title=China has banned ivory, but has the African elephant poaching crisis actually been stemmed? |url=https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/conservation/china-has-banned-ivory-but-has-the-african-elephant-poaching-crisis-actually-been-stemmed/news-story/b086f6a0e61acfcc15abeed18f899136 |website=news.com.au |accessdate=2 August 2018}} 30. ^{{cite web |title=The Amboseli Ecosystem |url=https://biglife.org/area-of-operation/the-amboseli-ecosystem |website=Big Life Foundation |accessdate=2 August 2018}} 31. ^{{cite web |last1=Vidal |first1=John |title=One man's fight against Africa's ivory poachers |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/dec/05/one-mans-fight-against-africas-ivory-poachers |website=The Guardian |accessdate=2 August 2018}} 32. ^{{cite web |last1=Edge |first1=Jane |title=Elephant Charities: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly |url=http://magazine.africageographic.com/weekly/issue-42/elephant-charities-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/ |website=Africa Geographic |accessdate=2 August 2018}} 33. ^{{cite web |last1=Duggan |first1=Briana |title=Anti-poaching efforts in Kenya focus on saving animals — and people too |url=https://www.pri.org/stories/2015-07-21/anti-poaching-efforts-kenya-focus-saving-animals-and-people-too |website=PRI |accessdate=2 August 2018}} 34. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/This-Earth-Photographs-East-Africa/dp/0811848655/ref=pd_sim_14_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0811848655&pd_rd_r=0BCDSAMZJB3J5K06V8AZ&pd_rd_w=Jyz1D&pd_rd_wg=51lRf&psc=1&refRID=0BCDSAMZJB3J5K06V8AZ|title=On This Earth: Photographs from East Africa|first1=search|last1=results|first2=Jane|last2=Goodall|first3=Alice|last3=Sebold|date=28 May 2018|publisher=Chronicle Books|accessdate=28 May 2018|via=Amazon}} 35. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Falls-Nick-Brandt/dp/081095415X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1523893272&sr=1-1&keywords=a+shadow+falls|title=A Shadow Falls|first=search|last=results|date=1 September 2009|publisher=Harry N. Abrams|accessdate=28 May 2018|via=Amazon}} 36. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Nick-Brandt-Earth-Shadow-Falls/dp/1938922441/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1523893214&sr=8-1&keywords=on+this+earth+a+shadow+falls|title=Nick Brandt: On This Earth, A Shadow Falls|first=search|last=results|date=31 July 2014|publisher=Big Life Editions/D.A.P.|accessdate=28 May 2018|via=Amazon}} 37. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Across-Ravaged-Land-Nick-Brandt/dp/1419709453/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_3?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1419709453&pd_rd_r=RF56YY79YERS07MS0238&pd_rd_w=5hsPc&pd_rd_wg=cg1Do&psc=1&refRID=RF56YY79YERS07MS0238|title=Across the Ravaged Land|first=search|last=results|date=24 September 2013|publisher=Harry N. Abrams|accessdate=28 May 2018|via=Amazon}} 38. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Nick-Brandt-Inherit-Dust/dp/0692520546|title=Nick Brandt: Inherit the Dust|first=search|last=results|date=21 February 2016|publisher=Edwynn Houk Editions|accessdate=28 May 2018|via=Amazon}} 39. ^{{cite web |title=Nick Brandt: This Empty World |url=https://thamesandhudson.com/nick-brandt-this-empty-world-9780500545140 |website=Thames & Hudson |accessdate=7 March 2019}} 40. ^{{cite web |title=Nick Brandt, This Empty World |url=http://www.faheykleingallery.com/exhibitions/nick-brandt4 |website=Fahey/Klein Gallery |accessdate=7 March 2019}} 41. ^{{cite web |title=Nick Brandt: This Empty World |url=http://www.houkgallery.com/exhibitions/nick-brandt-this-empty-world |website=Edwynn Houk Gallery |accessdate=7 March 2019}} 42. ^{{cite web |title=Nick Brandt This Empty World |url=https://www.waddingtoncustot.com/exhibitions/129/ |website=Waddington Custot |accessdate=7 March 2019}} 43. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.mamm-mdf.ru/en/exhibitions/dust/|title=Exhibitions: Inherit the Dust (Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow)|website=Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow|access-date=2019-04-04}} 44. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.mamm-mdf.ru/en/exhibitions/dust/|title=Exhibitions: Inherit the Dust (Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow)|website=Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow|access-date=2019-04-04}} 45. ^https://www.custotgallerydubai.ae/copie-de-richard-hoglund 46. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.fotografiska.com/sto/en/exhibition/inherit-the-dust/|title=Nick Brandt - Inherit the Dust|publisher=|accessdate=28 May 2018}} 47. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.houkgallery.com/exhibitions/nick-brandt-inherit-the-dust|title=Nick Brandt - Inherit The Dust - Exhibitions - Edwynn Houk Gallery|website=www.houkgallery.com|accessdate=28 May 2018}} 48. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.faheykleingallery.com/exhibitions/nick-brandt|title=Nick Brandt - Exhibitions - Fahey Klein Gallery|website=www.faheykleingallery.com|accessdate=28 May 2018}} 49. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.artsy.net/show/camera-work-nick-brandt-inherit-the-dust|title=Nick Brandt »Inherit the Dust« - CAMERA WORK - Artsy|website=www.artsy.net|accessdate=28 May 2018}} 50. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.stadthaus.ulm.de/stadthaus/aktuell.147556.htm|title=Stadthaus Ulm|website=www.stadthaus.ulm.de|accessdate=28 May 2018}} 51. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.salontaidemuseo.fi/en/exhibitions/nickbrandt/default.aspx|title=Nick Brandt - Salo Art Museum Roundhouse|first=|last=-|website=www.salontaidemuseo.fi|accessdate=28 May 2018}} 52. ^https://www.fotografiska.com/sto/en/exhibition/earth-shadow-falls-across-ravaged-land/ 53. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ruzicska.com/prev-works-nick-brandt/|title=PREV: Nick Brandt|website=Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska|accessdate=28 May 2018}} 54. ^{{cite web|url=http://photography-now.com/exhibition/93300|title=Exhibition Across the Ravaged Land - artist, news & exhibitions - photography-now.com|website=photography-now.com|accessdate=28 May 2018}} 55. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.artsy.net/show/hasted-kraeutler-nick-brandt-across-the-ravaged-land|title=Nick Brandt : Across the Ravaged Land - Hasted Kraeutler - Artsy|website=www.artsy.net|accessdate=28 May 2018}} 56. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.faheykleingallery.com/exhibitions/nick-brandt2|title=Nick Brandt - Exhibitions - Fahey Klein Gallery|website=www.faheykleingallery.com|accessdate=28 May 2018}} 57. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.atlasgallery.com/exhibition/brandt|title=Nick Brandt: Across the Ravaged Land|website=Atlas Gallery {{!}} Fine Art Photography|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-04-04}} 58. ^{{Cite web|url=https://escapisming.wordpress.com/2013/07/18/nick-brandt-on-this-earth-a-shadow-falls/|title=Nick Brandt – On this earth, a shadow falls|date=2013-07-17|website=Escapisming|language=en|access-date=2019-04-04}} 59. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.sfoto.se/f/nick-brandt-dunkers-kulturhus/|title=Nick Brandt/ Dunkers Kulturhus - SFF|publisher=|accessdate=28 May 2018}} 60. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.artsy.net/show/hasted-kraeutler-nick-brandt-on-this-earth-a-shadow-falls|title=Nick Brandt : On This Earth, A Shadow Falls - Hasted Kraeutler - Artsy|website=www.artsy.net|accessdate=28 May 2018}} 61. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.fotografiska.com/sto/en/exhibition/earth-shadow-falls/|title=Nick Brandt - On This Earth, A Shadow Falls|publisher=|accessdate=28 May 2018}} 62. ^{{Cite web|url=https://camerawork.de/produkt/nick-brandt/|title=Nick Brandt: Elephant with Exploding Dust|website=CAMERA WORK|language=de-DE|access-date=2019-04-04}} 63. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.staleywise.com/collection/nick_brandt09/nick_brandt.html|title=Nick Brandt 'A Shadow Falls'|website=www.staleywise.com|accessdate=28 May 2018}} 64. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.faheykleingallery.com/exhibitions/nick-brandt3|title=Nick Brandt - Exhibitions - Fahey Klein Gallery|website=www.faheykleingallery.com|accessdate=28 May 2018}} 65. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.staleywise.com/collection/nick_brandt/nick_brandt_past.html|title=NICK BRANDT - African Elegy|website=www.staleywise.com|accessdate=28 May 2018}} 66. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://camerawork.de/en/artists/nick-brandt/|title=NICK BRANDT|website=camerawork.de|accessdate=28 May 2018}} External links
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