In 2001, Nick Brandt embarked on an ambitious photographic project, a trilogy of books memorialising the vanishing natural grander of East Africa. Focusing on of the world's last great populations of large mammals; elephants, giraffes, lions, gorillas and their kin, he created two of the new century's most influential photographic books: On This Earth (2005) and A Shadow Falls (2009). His iconic portraits of these majestic animals express and empathy usually reserved for human subjects. The magisterial On This Earth, A Shadow Falls collects the most memorable images from Brandt's first two books, along with their accompanying essays. A testament to the bookmaker's craft, it is the first volume on Brandt's work to capture the superb quality of his remarkable, large format prints, which are notable for their velvet blacks and tonal subtleties. Brandt is currently completing the final volume of his trilogy documenting the fate of the great animals of East Africa.
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Nick Brandt's work has been exhibited in museums and galleries around the world. Renowned primatologist Jane Goodall is a UN Messenger of Peace. Alice Sebold is the author of The Lovely Bones. Peter Singer is the author of Animal Liberation and The Life You Can Save. Vicki Goldberg is a leading photography critic and historian.
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I have just received this book. It is difficult to find words and adjectives to describe this book. Nick Brandt's work is sublime, and one is in awe. He transcends what people may term as wildlife photography. The prints make one cry with joy and sorrow at the same time, as the beauty and vulnerability are synced as one. It is poetry, art, history, documentation blended into one and more, of the sheer beauty and majesty of what we have inherited and what is being continually lost, and is being stolen from us and we know it is happening. I have never experienced anything like this with images, and it has touched me like nothing else before. The images transports me to Africa, the vast space, the beautiful African sky, and the stunning animals who should equally own it along with its people, where I have never been, but I am. The plates in the book are of the highest quality and jaw opening and makes you wonder as to how can someone can take the portraits and panoramic images without telephoto or zoom. They are just astonishing, astounding totally meditative! Every home, school and library should have one.
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If you love Africa and its animals and enjoy exceptional photography, then this is the book for you! Nick Brandt's images of Africa will blow your mind! There are not enough superlatives in the dictionary to adequately describe the quality of the photographs as well as the final publication. Absolutely superb comes close, but hey, just buy the book and see for yourself. You will not be disappointed!
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A truly beautiful book. All nature and photography lovers should own this outstanding work of art. It is worth every penny.
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Brilliant photoes
Brilliant photoes of African wildlife. Beautiful, suggestive and stunning pictures but always with a thought of the conditions the animals have to endure in today's Africa.
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Nick Brandt's On This Earth, a Shadow Falls
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Perfect size, wonderful paper, beautiful photos, awesome design!
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Perfect size, wonderful paper, beautiful photos, awesome design!
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Love it! Thank you!
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Some disappointment
The quality of printing and power of imagery is beyond question. Unfortunately, some of the compositions are very similar, so become boring and annoying. Read more
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