Africa

I really enjoyed the photos by Nick Brandt. They were quite moving and they made me feel like I needed to do something. The animals were portrayed well.

Here is my favorite photo of his:

This is a photo of an elephant walking through dust. This is my favorite photo because the elephant looks really  powerful.

The rule of framing is evident in this photo because the dust, the grass and the background all frame the elephant.

Nick Brandt does not use a telephoto lens because he feels it is unfair and not treating the animals at equals.

He takes these photos because he want to capture the animals' beauty before they are gone in the wild.

He hopes that by taking these photos, people will begin to treat these animals as equals.

A quote by him on Africa is:

"There is also something deeply, emotionally stirring and affecting about the plains of Africa--those vast, green rolling plains punctuated by graphically perfect acacia trees under the huge skies."