Africa

The pictures on the Scientific American, show a slideshow of photos taken by photographer Nick Brandt. These photos display various nature and animal scenes taken in Africa. These photos in my opinion are very good, and it makes me question how he even got these pictures. The photo I think I like the best, is the one of the lion and cubs sitting upon a rock in front of the sun. My second favorite being the picture baboons in profile, I like this photo, because  of the weird mist effect that is visible.

When I looked up Nick Brandt on google images, my eye was instantly drawn to this picture , and I liked this one the best because of the light that is piercing through the tree line, onto this elephant.
This photo follows the composition rules of balance, simplicity, and lines.


Nick Brandt used a Pentax 6711, and used two fixed lenses on medium black and white format film.
It is important to note that he did not use any telegraphic, or zoom lenses when shooting, which is usual norm for nature photography, and documentation. He says that being actually close to the animals reveals a lot more of their personality. His reason for taking these photos, is to show the animals as just being animals, as they would have acted before humans ever saw them in the past.
He hopes to in his photos display the world as it is disappearing before our eyes everywhere we look."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."