AFRICA

I found this article to be sad because its devastating to think about all the terrible obstacles facing the african animals. It really made me think and ponder how sad it would be without those beautiful creatures. The photographs are beyond spectacular I found them breathtaking. The photographs completely blew me away they were some of the best I have ever seen.

This photograph is my favorite because it gives me a sense of feeling. I feel dirty and dusty, my eyes sting its very personal and beautiful. The color and focus is spot on, you can see the texture of the elephants skin, almost touch it even. In this photograph you can tell the photographer used simplicity as the background is plain and undistracting allowing the elephant to really pop off the paper. Nick Brandt  (the photographer) uses a Pentax 67ll with only fixed lenses. He does this because he doesn't want to zoom into the picture from far away he wants to take the photograph up and close allowing the viewer to really feel there and connected with the subject. He takes this photographs because he loves these animals and wants to photograph them before there gone forever. He hopes that we can truly see these animals in all their beauty before its too late.
"What I am interested in is showing the animals simply in the state of being—before, in the wild at least, they cease to exist. This world is under terrible threat, all of it caused by us."
Nick brandt