Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/03/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]As I said *IMHO* [it is] just too clever and artificial in comparison. I appreciate the environmental aspect. But even within one book he appears to recycle the same idea. For me he could have got his message across in a more varied way. Peter On 04/03/2016 23:22, Richard Man wrote: > That's because his focus isn't wildlife photography per se, but the loss of > the habitat and the destruction of the environment. > > On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 3:18 PM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> > wrote: > >> I dunno. I am a great admirer of Nick Brandt and have a couple of his >> books >> already and have been to his London shows, but somehow... I first saw the >> elephant featured here in the Young Gallery in Brussels, where it >> introduced me >> to his work as it were. Trouble with this is that the idea, though clever >> palls >> rapidly. >> >> IMHO he hasn't produced a work to compare with "A Shadow Falls", which >> (again >> IMHO) is simply one of the best wildlife photography books ever. His >> production >> let the animals speak for themselves. >> >> This is just too clever and artificial in comparison. Striking, but... >> >> Peter >> >> On 03/03/2016 19:53, Richard Man wrote: >>> Nick Brandt's Inherit the Dust is a phenomenal book. Printing mural size >>> works form his trilogy "On This Earth; A Shadow Falls; Across the Ravaged >>> Land" and placed them in situ, Mr. Brandt took panoramic images with the >>> mural as part of the background, showing the further destruction of the >>> land. The effect is startling. A book well worth owning. >>> >>> http://inheritthedust.nickbrandt.com/ >>> >>> >> >> -- >> >> =========================================================== >> Dr Peter Dzwig >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > -- =========================================================== Dr Peter Dzwig