Africa

1. I noticed that Nick Brandt has a huge passion for wildlife in Africa. He spent several months in the dry desert just to observe them. I also noticed that almost all, if not all, of his pictures are in black and white. This also gives his pictures a special aspect to them and brings out their individuality.

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3. This is my favorite picture of Nick Brandt's because it almost looks like the elephant is                          dissolving into smoke. It's an interesting illusion with a nice effect.

4. I would say the main rule of photography in this photo is simplicity. You can clearly see that the subject in the picture is the elephant and the background is not distracting from it at all.

5. Nick Brandt uses a Pentax 6711 with only two fixed lenses and no telephoto or zoom lenses. This is important because it makes him get closer to the subject of his picture instead of far away.

6. Brandt wanted to take these photos because he found the animals to be, "profoundly iconic" and "mythological". He just overall loved the natural state of the animals and wanted to show them off.

8. He wants to show people how beautiful those animals can be and raise awareness for them because humans have quite a big effect on how these animals live and we just don't realize it.

9. "When people in Africa are poor and starving and there are no crops left to eat due to the deforestation and global warming leading to ever-worsening droughts, they cannot be blamed if they kill the last zebra walking through the bush for their family to eat." - Nick Brandt