Nick Brandt quotes
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“My images are unashamedly idyllic and romantic, a kind of enchanted Africa. They're my elegy to a world that is steadily, tragically vanishing.”
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“Few photographers have ever considered the photography of wild animals, as distinctly opposed to the genre of Wildlife Photography, as an art form. The emphasis has generally been on capturing the drama of wild animals IN ACTION, on capturing that dramatic single moment, as opposed to simply animals in the state of being.”
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“You wouldn't take a portrait of a human being from a hundred feet away and expect to capture their spirit; you'd move in close.”
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“I want to get a real sense of intimate connection with each of the animals - with that particular lion or elephant in front of me. I believe that being that close to the animal makes a huge difference in the photographers ability to reveal its personality. You wouldn't take a portrait of a human being from a hundred feet away and expect to capture their spirit; you'd move in close.”
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“I want my images to achieve two things in this regard - to be an elegy to a world that is tragically vanishing, to make people see what beauty is disappearing. Also, to try and show that animals are sentient creatures equally as worthy of life as humans.”
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“A divided heart loses both worlds.”
Source : A. B. Simpson (1984). “Days of Heaven on Earth: A Daily Devotional to Comfort and Inspire”, Moody Publishers
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Source : A. D. Coleman (1995). “Critical Focus: Photography in the International Image Community”, Nazraeli Press
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“Very few people changed the world by sitting on their couch.”
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Source : Lucy Grealy (1994). “Autobiography of a Face”, p.18, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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