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Subject: [Leica] Nick Brandt's Inherit the Dust
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2016 10:27:07 +0530
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I have all three of his books. I was just blown away when I first saw his 
work published in Lenswork, and subsequently by the first book, but I must 
admit, that to me, he has just been rehashing the same photographic style 
and has got monotonous since. My view is that though his intentions are very 
laudable, and worthy of full support, his photography has stagnated in its 
development. 
Cheers
Jayanand

Sent from my iPad

> On 05-Mar-2016, at 04:52, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> That's because his focus isn't wildlife photography per se, but the loss of
> the habitat and the destruction of the environment.
> 
> On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 3:18 PM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> I dunno. I am a great admirer of Nick Brandt and have a couple of his 
>> books
>> already and have been to his London shows, but somehow... I first saw the
>> elephant featured here in the Young Gallery in Brussels, where it
>> introduced me
>> to his work as it were. Trouble with this is that the idea, though clever
>> palls
>> rapidly.
>> 
>> IMHO he hasn't produced a work to compare with "A Shadow Falls", which
>> (again
>> IMHO) is simply one of the best wildlife photography books ever. His
>> production
>> let the animals speak for themselves.
>> 
>> This is just too clever and artificial in comparison. Striking, but...
>> 
>> Peter
>> 
>>> On 03/03/2016 19:53, Richard Man wrote:
>>> Nick Brandt's Inherit the Dust is a phenomenal book. Printing mural size
>>> works form his trilogy "On This Earth; A Shadow Falls; Across the Ravaged
>>> Land" and placed them in situ, Mr. Brandt took panoramic images with the
>>> mural as part of the background, showing the further destruction of the
>>> land. The effect is startling. A book well worth owning.
>>> 
>>> http://inheritthedust.nickbrandt.com/
>> 
>> --
>> 
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>> 
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