Nick Brandt is an English contemporary photographer who has primarily worked in Africa. The themes in Brandt’s photography often relate to the destructive impact that humans are having on the natural world and how future generations will inherit the remnants of a once-vibrant planet. Brandt prefers not to use zoom lenses because he feels the animals he photographs are best captured up close.
Brandt studied painting and filmmaking at the Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design in his hometown of London. In 1992, he moved to California, where he became a successful music video director, working with artists such as Michael Jackson, Jewel and Moby. In 1995, while filming Michael Jackson’s “Earth Song” video in Tanzania, he was overcome by the beauty of the wild animals. In 2000, he embarked on a project to document the struggles of East African wildlife living in a landscape that is being overrun by exploding human populations and exploited for its natural resources. He filmed animals in the wild using an approach similar to studio portrait photography, reinforcing that animals are sentient creatures not so different from humans.
Brandt has frequently returned to Africa throughout his career. His acclaimed 2004 book, On This Earth, was followed by two more successful books, A Shadow Falls and Across the Ravaged Land, in 2007 and 2011. During work on the last in this trilogy, in 2010, he co-founded the Big Life Foundation, which fights to protect the animals and ecosystems of a large area of Kenya and Tanzania.
In 2019, Brant published This Empty World, bringing to light the ever-increasing destruction of the East African wilderness, where animals can no longer survive in the wake of human progress. It was his first time using color photography. His 2021 book, A Day May Break, captures the impact of climate change and environmental loss on humans and animals.
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$23,521
Elephant Cathedral, Maasai Mara, 2007 – Nick Brandt, Animal, Africa, Documentary
By Nick Brandt
Located in Zurich, CH
NICK BRANDT (*1966, England) Elephant Cathedral, Maasai Mara, 2007 Archival Pigment Print Sheet 109,2 x 96,5 cm (43 x 38 in.) Edition of 15 (#12/15) print only Nick Brandt is a cont...
Archival Pigment
Quarry with Giraffe
By Nick Brandt
Located in New York, NY
Ed. 3/15, includes black frame. Nick Brandt is an English photographer whose themes always relate to the disappearing natural world, before much of it is destroyed by mankind. From...
Archival Pigment
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Lioness on Mound, Maasai Mara
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
There is perhaps something more profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East Africa, as opposed to say, the Arctic or South America). And there is also something i...
Archival Pigment
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Lion with Monolith, Serengeti
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
There is perhaps something more profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East Africa, as opposed to say, the Arctic or South America). And there is also something i...
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Wildebeest Arc, Maasai Mara, 2006
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
There is perhaps something more profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East Africa, as opposed to say, the Arctic or South America). And there is also something i...
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Abandoned Ostrich Egg, Amboseli 2007
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
There is perhaps something more profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East Africa, as opposed to say, the Arctic or South America). And there is also something i...
Platinum
Price Upon Request
Hippos on the Mara River, Maasai Mara
By Nick Brandt
Located in Sante Fe, NM
There is perhaps something more profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East Africa, as opposed to say, the Arctic or South America). And there is also something i...
Platinum
Self Portrait with Saguaro About My Same Age
By Mark Klett
Located in New York, NY
Platinum print (Edition of 100) Titled and dated in pencil, recto Signed and dated in pencil, verso 10 x 12 inches, sheet size 8 x 10 inches, image size This artwork is offered by...
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Flights, Scotland, 2015
By Benjamin Heller
Located in Hudson, NY
CURRENT EXHIBITION - runs through February 26th, 2017. Any framed photographs purchased during the show will be available then. If the exhibition piece is sold or the customer orders...
Archival Pigment
Tunnel View, Yosemite National Park California
By Kerik Kouklis
Located in Carmel, CA
Platinum/Palladium (there was no pull down for this) Print Date 2025 Hand printed by artist Edition 1/15 Outer dimensions 16x20" Corner Mounted
Platinum
$11,172
H 13.78 in W 10.63 in D 0.2 in
Kibo - Platinum Palladium Print, Elephant, black and white photography, wildlife
By Joachim Schmeisser
Located in München, BY
Edition 12 The Platinum-Palladium process is the most stable and aesthetically rewarding of all black and white photographic printing techniques. Produced by coating specially manuf...
Platinum
$1,881
H 23.63 in W 23.63 in D 0.08 in
Harness Racing, Beach, black and white photograph, limited edition landscape
By Gerald Berghammer
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white minimalist landscape photography. Harness racing on a deserted sand beach near the ocean on a rainy day. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
$26,461
H 51.19 in W 86.62 in
Horizon, contemporary, wildlife, black and white photography, Leopard
By Joachim Schmeisser
Located in München, BY
Edition of 5 more sizes on request A Portrait of big majestic leopard in the tree. Joachim Schmeisser is represented by leading Galleries worldwide. His photographs are among the m...
Archival Pigment
$1,400
H 11 in W 15.25 in D 0.01 in
Like a Woman's Back - Black and White Photograph, Landscape, Ocean, Waves, Sea
Located in Denton, TX
Like a Woman's Back by Ron Cowie is a limited edition black and white photograph of the ocean, with waves stretching up to the shore under a dark, cloudy sky. Platinum Print Image s...
Platinum
$1,350
H 36 in W 44 in D 0.1 in
Untitled (Nr. 0170) Black & White Photography 36" x 44" Edition 1/12 by Ben Cope
By Ben Cope
Located in Culver City, CA
Untitled (Nr. 0170) Black & White Photography 36" x 44" Edition 1/12 by Ben Cope Signed and numbered by the artist. Comes with COA issued by the artist. Unframed - ships rolled in a...
Archival Pigment
Winter Swells
By Marian Crostic
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Edition 2/15 Archival pigment print “Water's Edge” a collection of photos by Marian Crostic defines the power of the ocean and the land which borders it. Having spent much of her l...
Archival Pigment
$1,499
H 20 in W 16 in
Signed Black and White Photograph, Archival Print, Parisian Architecture by RF
By Roberta Fineberg
Located in New york, NY
Paris is one of photographer Roberta Fineberg's favorite cities, which the artist has documented in an ongoing Cities series. This is a black-and-white contemporary photograph, a pee...
Photographic Film, Rag Paper, Archival Pigment
"Lyme Cage", England
By Pete Kelly
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing. Edition 1 of 25. If the exhibition piece is sold or the customer orders a different print size, the photograph is p...
Archival Pigment
Untitled (Dark Clouds)
By Nick Turner
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print Signed and numbered, verso 11 x 16.5 inches (Edition of 15) 24 x 36 inches (Edition of 10) 40 x 60 inches (Edition of 7) This photograph is offered by Clamp...
Archival Pigment