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Subject: [Leica] Nick Brandt's Inherit the Dust
From: richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)
Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2016 15:22:11 -0800
References: <CAF8hL-FRLEegsi3abXXAPXdaow+r00fP5bsoZo8w_K-inirYDA@mail.gmail.com> <56DA17E3.3060806@summaventures.com>

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
>
>
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