Nick Brandt Art
British, b. 1964
Nick Brandt is an English contemporary photographer who has primarily worked in Africa. The themes in Brandt’s photography often relate to the destructive impact that humans are having on the natural world and how future generations will inherit the remnants of a once-vibrant planet. Brandt prefers not to use zoom lenses because he feels the animals he photographs are best captured up close.
Brandt studied painting and filmmaking at the Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design in his hometown of London. In 1992, he moved to California, where he became a successful music video director, working with artists such as Michael Jackson, Jewel and Moby. In 1995, while filming Michael Jackson’s “Earth Song” video in Tanzania, he was overcome by the beauty of the wild animals. In 2000, he embarked on a project to document the struggles of East African wildlife living in a landscape that is being overrun by exploding human populations and exploited for its natural resources. He filmed animals in the wild using an approach similar to studio portrait photography, reinforcing that animals are sentient creatures not so different from humans.
Brandt has frequently returned to Africa throughout his career. His acclaimed 2004 book, On This Earth, was followed by two more successful books, A Shadow Falls and Across the Ravaged Land, in 2007 and 2011. During work on the last in this trilogy, in 2010, he co-founded the Big Life Foundation, which fights to protect the animals and ecosystems of a large area of Kenya and Tanzania.
In 2019, Brant published This Empty World, bringing to light the ever-increasing destruction of the East African wilderness, where animals can no longer survive in the wake of human progress. It was his first time using color photography. His 2021 book, A Day May Break, captures the impact of climate change and environmental loss on humans and animals.
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Artist: Nick Brandt
Elephants Walking Through Grass, Amboseli – Nick Brandt, Elephants, Photography
By Nick Brandt
Located in Zurich, CH
NICK BRANDT (*1966, England)
Elephants Walking Through Grass, Amboseli
2008
Platinum print
Image 58.42 x 106.68 cm (23 x 42 in.)
Sheet 76 x 111.2 cm (29 7/8 x 43 3/4 in.)
Edition of ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
Materials
Platinum
Sitting Lionesses, Serengeti – Nick Brandt, Lion, Lioness, Africa, Animals, Wild
By Nick Brandt
Located in Zurich, CH
NICK BRANDT (*1966, England)
Sitting Lionesses, Serengeti
2002
Platinum print
Image 69.5 x 88 cm (27 3/8 x 34 5/8 in.)
Sheet 76.5 x 99 cm (30 1/8 x 39 in.)
Edition of 25; Ed. no. 16/25
Framed
Nick Brandt is a contemporary English photographer. His work focuses on the disappearing natural world. Since 2001, he has photographed the changing African continent and established a style of portrait photography of animals...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
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Platinum
Quarry with Giraffe
By Nick Brandt
Located in New York, NY
Ed. 3/15, includes black frame.
Nick Brandt is an English photographer whose themes always relate to the disappearing natural world, before much of it is destroyed by mankind. From...
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2010s Nick Brandt Art
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Archival Pigment
Elephant on Bare Earth, Amboseli – Nick Brandt, Elephant, Photography, Africa
By Nick Brandt
Located in Zurich, CH
NICK BRANDT (*1966, England)
Elephant on Bare Earth, Amboseli
2011
Archival pigment print
Sheet 177,8 x 142,24 cm (70 x 56 in.)
Edition of 10, p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Leopard Staring, Masai Mara – Nick Brandt, Africa, Leopoard, Animal, Wildlife
By Nick Brandt
Located in Zurich, CH
NICK BRANDT (*1966, England)
Leopard Staring, Masai Mara
2010
Platinum print
Sheet 171.12 x 88.9 cm (28 x 35 in.)
Frame 98 x 115 cm (38 5/8 x 45 1/4 in.)
Edition of 15; Ed. 3/15
Framed
Nick Brandt is a contemporary English photographer. His work focuses on the disappearing natural world. Since 2001, he has photographed the changing African continent and established a style of portrait photography of animals...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
Materials
Platinum
Lion Before Storm II, Maasai Mara, 2006 – Nick Brandt, Africa, Animal, Art
By Nick Brandt
Located in Zurich, CH
NICK BRANDT (*1966, England)
Lion Before Storm II, Maasai Mara, 2006
Platinum Print
Sheet 71.1 x 91.4 cm (28 x 36 in.)
Edition of 15 plus AP's (from sold out edition)
Print only
Ni...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
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Platinum
Lioness Holding Cub in Mouth, Maasai Mara – Nick Brandt, Lion, Africa, Animals
By Nick Brandt
Located in Zurich, CH
NICK BRANDT (*1966, England)
Lioness with Cub in Mouth, Amboseli
2012
Platinum print
Sheet 71,12 x 88,9 cm (28 x 35 in.)
Edition of 15, plus AP's; Ed. no. 2/15
print only
Nick Brandt is a contemporary English photographer. His work focuses on the disappearing natural world. Since 2001, he has photographed the changing African continent and established a style of portrait photography of animals in the wild.
– Photography, Documentary Photography, Animal, Africa, Wildlife, Nature, Lion Baby...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
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Platinum
Elephant Group on Bare Earth, Amboseli– Nick Brandt, Africa, Animal, Elephant
By Nick Brandt
Located in Zurich, CH
NICK BRANDT (*1966, England)
Elephant Group on Bare Earth, Amboseli
2008
Archival inkjet print
Sheet 88.9 x 215.9 cm (35 x 85 in.)
Edition of 8, plus AP's; Ed. no. 8/8
Framed
Nick Brandt is a contemporary English photographer. His work focuses on the disappearing natural world. Since 2001, he has photographed the changing African continent and established a style of portrait photography of animals...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Elephant Cathedral, Maasai Mara, 2007 – Nick Brandt, Animal, Africa, Documentary
By Nick Brandt
Located in Zurich, CH
NICK BRANDT (*1966, England)
Elephant Cathedral, Maasai Mara, 2007
Archival Pigment Print
Sheet 109,2 x 96,5 cm (43 x 38 in.)
Edition of 15 (#12/15)
print only
Nick Brandt is a cont...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Cheetah & Cubs Lying on Rock, Serengeti – Nick Brandt, Africa, Rock, Sky, Animal
By Nick Brandt
Located in Zurich, CH
NICK BRANDT (*1966, England)
Cheetah & Cubs Lying on Rock, Serengeti
2007
Archival Pigment Print
Sheet 130.8 x 106.7 cm (51.5 x 42 in.)
Edition of 8, plus AP
Nick Brandt is a contemporary English photographer. His work focuses on the disappearing natural world. Since 2001, he has photographed the changing African continent and established a style of portrait photography of animals...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Gorilla on Rock, Parc des Volcans
By Nick Brandt
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
The original platinum print by Nick Brandt is number 7/15. Printed in 2015. It was acquired at the WILD AID Auction in Los Angeles nearly a decade ago and has been in only one collec...
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Early 2000s Nick Brandt Art
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Platinum
Lion Before Storm V, Maasai Mara, 2006 – Nick Brandt, Africa, Animal, Art
By Nick Brandt
Located in Zurich, CH
NICK BRANDT (*1966, England)
Lion Before Storm V, Maasai Mara, 2006
Platinum Print
Sheet 55.9 x 69.8 cm (22 x 27 1/2 in.)
Edition of 8 plus AP's (from sold out edition)
Print only
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Early 2000s Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
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Archival Pigment
Elephant Mother and Baby at Leg, Amboseli – Nick Brandt, Africa, Elephant, Art
By Nick Brandt
Located in Zurich, CH
NICK BRANDT (*1966, England)
Elephant Mother and Baby At Leg, Amboseli
2012
Archival Pigment Print
Sheet 142 x 178 cm (55 7/8 x 70 1/8 in.)
Edition of 10; Ed. no. 4/10
Print only
Nick Brandt is a contemporary English photographer. His work focuses on the disappearing natural world. Since 2001, he has photographed the changing African continent and established a style of portrait photography of animals...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Rangers (Line Of) With Tusks Of Killed Elephants, Amboseli – Nick Brandt, Africa
By Nick Brandt
Located in Zurich, CH
NICK BRANDT (*1966, England)
Rangers (Line of) with Tusks of Killed Elephants, Amboseli
2011
Archival inkjet print
Sheet 111.8 x 203.2 cm (44 x 80 in.)
Edition of 10; Ed. no. 10/10
Print only
Nick Brandt is a contemporary English photographer. His work focuses on the disappearing natural world. Since 2001, he has photographed the changing African continent and established a style of portrait photography of animals...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lioness Holding Cub in Mouth, Maasai Mara – Nick Brandt, Lion, Africa, Animals
By Nick Brandt
Located in Zurich, CH
NICK BRANDT (*1966, England)
Lioness with Cub in Mouth, Amboseli
2012
Archival inkjet print
Sheet 101,6 x 127 cm (40 x 50 in.)
Edition of 15, plus AP's; Ed. no. 15/15 (last available edition)
Nick Brandt is a contemporary English photographer. His work focuses on the disappearing natural world. Since 2001, he has photographed the changing African continent and established a style of portrait photography of animals in the wild.
– Photography, Documentary Photography, Animal, Africa, Wildlife, Nature, Lion Baby...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lioness on Mound, Maasai Mara
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
There is perhaps something more profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East Africa, as opposed to say, the Arctic or South America). And there is also something i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lion on Burned Ground, Serengeti
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
There is perhaps something more profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East Africa, as opposed to say, the Arctic or South America). And there is also something i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Rhino In Dust, Lewa Downs
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
There is perhaps something more profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East Africa, as opposed to say, the Arctic or South America). And there is also something i...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Two Rhinos, Lewa Downs
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
There is perhaps something more profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East Africa, as opposed to say, the Arctic or South America). And there is also something i...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Elephant Against Sky, Amboseli
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
There is perhaps something more profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East Africa, as opposed to say, the Arctic or South America). And there is also something i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Elephant Sails
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
There is perhaps something more profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East Africa, as opposed to say, the Arctic or South America). And there is also something i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Elephant Statue
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
There is perhaps something more profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East Africa, as opposed to say, the Arctic or South America). And there is also something i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Gorilla on Rock, Parc des Volcans
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
There is perhaps something more profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East Africa, as opposed to say, the Arctic or South America). And there is also something i...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
Materials
Platinum
Elephant Mother and Two Babies, Serengeti
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
There is perhaps something more profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East Africa, as opposed to say, the Arctic or South America). And there is also something i...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
Materials
Platinum
Windswept Lion, Serengeti
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
There is perhaps something more profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East Africa, as opposed to say, the Arctic or South America). And there is also something i...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
Materials
Platinum
Lion with Monolith, Serengeti
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
There is perhaps something more profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East Africa, as opposed to say, the Arctic or South America). And there is also something i...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
Materials
Platinum
Rhino on Lake, Nakuru
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
There is perhaps something more profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East Africa, as opposed to say, the Arctic or South America). And there is also something i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
Materials
Platinum
Leopard Staring, Masai Mara
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
There is perhaps something more profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East Africa, as opposed to say, the Arctic or South America). And there is also something i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
Materials
Platinum
Elephant on Bare Earth, Amboseli
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
There is perhaps something more profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East Africa, as opposed to say, the Arctic or South America). And there is also something i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
Materials
Platinum
Petrified Dove, Lake Natron 2010
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
There is perhaps something more profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East Africa, as opposed to say, the Arctic or South America). And there is also something i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Petrified Fish Eagle, Lake Natron, 2012
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
There is perhaps something more profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East Africa, as opposed to say, the Arctic or South America). And there is also something i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Petrified Reflected Flamingo, Lake Natron 2010
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
There is perhaps something more profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East Africa, as opposed to say, the Arctic or South America). And there is also something i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Elephant Mother with Baby Sleeping, Amboseli 2012
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
There is perhaps something more profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East Africa, as opposed to say, the Arctic or South America). And there is also something i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Elephant Exodus, Amboseli 2004
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
There is perhaps something more profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East Africa, as opposed to say, the Arctic or South America). And there is also something i...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
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Platinum
Elephants (The Two), Amboseli 2012
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
There is perhaps something more profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East Africa, as opposed to say, the Arctic or South America). And there is also something i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Two Rangers with Tusks of Killed Elephant, Amboseli, 2011
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
There is perhaps something more profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East Africa, as opposed to say, the Arctic or South America). And there is also something i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Rhino On Lake, Lake Nakuru, 2007
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
There is perhaps something more profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East Africa, as opposed to say, the Arctic or South America). And there is also something i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Rhinos in Lake, Nakuru 2007
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
There is perhaps something more profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East Africa, as opposed to say, the Arctic or South America). And there is also something i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Wildebeest Arc, Maasai Mara, 2006
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
There is perhaps something more profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East Africa, as opposed to say, the Arctic or South America). And there is also something i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
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Platinum
Zebra Crossing River, Maasai Mara, 2006
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
There is perhaps something more profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East Africa, as opposed to say, the Arctic or South America). And there is also something i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
Sitting Lionesses, Serengeti 2002
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Nick's exquisite photographs arouse deep emotions. They inspire a sense of awe at the beauty of creation and the sacredness of life. It's almost impossible to look through his work without sensing the personalities of the beings whom he has photographed. JANE GOODALL...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
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Baboons in Profile, Amboseli 2007
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Nick's exquisite photographs arouse deep emotions. They inspire a sense of awe at the beauty of creation and the sacredness of life. It's almost impossible to look through his work without sensing the personalities of the beings whom he has photographed. JANE GOODALL...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Giraffe Triptych, Maasai Mara, 2005
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
There is perhaps something more profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East Africa, as opposed to say, the Arctic or South America). And there is also something i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Abandoned Ostrich Egg, Amboseli 2007
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
There is perhaps something more profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East Africa, as opposed to say, the Arctic or South America). And there is also something i...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
Materials
Platinum
Cheetah & Cubs Lying on Rock, Serengeti 2007
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
There is perhaps something more profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East Africa, as opposed to say, the Arctic or South America). And there is also something i...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
Materials
Platinum
Lion in Shaft of Light, Maasai Mara, 2012
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
There is perhaps something more profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East Africa, as opposed to say, the Arctic or South America). And there is also something i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Portrait of Lioness Against Rock, Serengeti 2007
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
There is perhaps something more profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East Africa, as opposed to say, the Arctic or South America). And there is also something i...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
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Platinum
Portrait of Lion Standing in Wind, Maasai Mara, 2006
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
There is perhaps something more profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East Africa, as opposed to say, the Arctic or South America). And there is also something i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Elephant Herd, Serengeti
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
There is perhaps something more profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East Africa, as opposed to say, the Arctic or South America). And there is also something i...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
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Platinum
Giraffe Fan, Aberdares
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
There is perhaps something more profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East Africa, as opposed to say, the Arctic or South America). And there is also something i...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
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Platinum
Hippos on the Mara River, Maasai Mara
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
There is perhaps something more profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East Africa, as opposed to say, the Arctic or South America). And there is also something i...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
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Platinum
Lion Roar, Maasai Mara
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
There is perhaps something more profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East Africa, as opposed to say, the Arctic or South America). And there is also something i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lion Before Storm II – Sitting Profile, Maasai Mara
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Very few photographers have ever really considered the photography of wildlife, as distinctly opposed to the genre of Wildlife Photography, as an art form. The emphasis has generally...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
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Platinum
Ranger with Tusks of Killed Elephant
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
There is perhaps something more profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East Africa, as opposed to say, the Arctic or South America). And there is also something i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
Materials
Platinum
Line of Rangers Holding Tusks of Killed Elephants
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Edition of 15
There is perhaps something more profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East Africa, as opposed to say, the Arctic or South America). And there is...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nick Brandt Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
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- What film does Nick Brandt use?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Nick Brandt has used a number of different types of film and cameras over the course of his career. He’s been known to shoot some of his projects with medium-format black and white film. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of Nick Brandt photography from some of the world’s top sellers.
- What is Nick Brandt known for?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Nick Brandt is a professional photographer and well-known for his powerful black and white photography. His themes center around the disappearing natural world and how mankind is destroying it. Brandt has also created three books featuring his photographs and is the co-founder of Big Life Foundation, a group dedicated to protecting animals and the ecosystem of a large area of Kenya and Tanzania. On 1stDibs, find a variety of original artwork from some of the world’s top artists.