A Shadow Falls: Nick Brandt - Hardcover

Nick Brandt

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 081095415X ISBN 13: 9780810954151

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2009

Synopsis

In A Shadow Falls, Nick Brandt continues his ambitious and ongoing photographic project to memorialize the vanishing natural grandeur of East Africa. Brandt's wide-screen panoramas of animals and landscapes capture an epic vision of Africa not seen before. His iconic portraits of its majestic animals are filled with an empathy usually reserved for human subjects. From the opening images in A Shadow Falls, of a verdant world filled with multitudes of animals, to the closing images of small bands of creatures moving across a parched, dusty earth, Brandt portrays a mythic Africa struggling against tragic forces. In years to come, we will look back at these powerful photographs and wonder why humanity did not do more to preserve this rare corner of earthly paradise. Critical response to his first book, On This Earth, heralded Brandt's photographic achievement. According to Time Magazine, "African wildlife has never looked so regal and mysterious as in Brandt's grave photographs." American Photo said "Combining splendid natural backdrops with a portraitist's approach to animals, Brandt's images show not only the reckless beauty of Africa's vanishing wilds but also the humanity of its creatures. The photos have an uncanny intimacy." And Black and White Magazine called his photos "heartbreakingly beautiful". A Shadow Falls reproduces fifty-eight recent images in stunning, oversized tritone plates. Philosopher Peter Singer, author of the groundbreaking Animal Liberation, explains why Brandt's photographs speak to an increasing human moral conscience about our treatment of animals. The distinguished photography critic Vicki Goldberg places Brandt's work in the history of the medium.

About this title

Product Description:

HardCover. Pub Date: 2009 Pages: 132 in Publisher: the Harry N. Aams. Inc. In A Shadow Falls. Nick the andt continues his ambitious and ongoing photographic project to memorialize the vanishing natural grandeur of East Africa. Andt's wide-screen panoramas of animals and landscapes capture an epic vision of Africa not seen before

About the Author:

Nick Brandt's first book, On This Earth (Chronicle Books), is one of the most popular photography books of this decade. Born in England, Brandt has had multiple solo exhibitions of his work across Europe and North America. Peter Singer is the author of the influential Animal Liberation (1975). Singer is the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University. An Australian, he was included in Time Magazine's list of the world's most influential people in 2005.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 081095415X
• ISBN 13: 9780810954151
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 132