Africa

This article was about a man who went to Africa and captured images of safari animals in their habitat. He not only wanted to captrue safari animals but capture then in their natural state. I really love all the pictures he took because they were so simple yet beautifuly captured. I especially like that he changed all his photos to black and white because it really draws more attention to the main subject, the animals.

I really liked this picture because the photographer captured a really nice balance between both zebras and the background helps the main subjects really stand out. This photograph is balanced because both zebras are right next to each other, looking in the same diraction, and they split the picture right down the center.

I absolutely love this picture because it is so simple but has so much to it. I love how the elephant is clearly the main subject of the photograph and is big in the center. This photograph is simple because the main subject is clearly noticable and stands out. I especially like the small details of the body of water, the ground, and the sky that really bring the picture together.

Nick Brandt:
5. Brandt uses a Pentax 6711 with only 2 films this is important because with what he is working with you have to physically move your body to get cloer to the animal rather then having a zoom.
6. Brandt takes these photos to capture animals in their state of being.
7. He wants to capture images of these animals beofre they become instinct becasue he believes that every human and non human have an equal right to live.
8. “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.“ - Nick Brandt