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Subject: [Leica] Nick Brandt's Inherit the Dust
From: pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2016 21:49:56 +0000
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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/
>>>
>>>
>>
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>> Dr Peter Dzwig
>>
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> 

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Dr Peter Dzwig                          



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