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Phenomenal British nature photographer Nicholas Brandt has long been considered a master of the genre, and this collection of big game animal shots from East Africa is a stunner.
Find out more about the artist and his work at his website, Nick Brandt.com
The Telegraph U.K. had this brief press announcement following his latest book release:
Nick Brandt, the renowned British fine art photographer, has published his latest book, A Shadow Falls, in a special signed edition this month. Containing 58 striking new portraits of animals, from chimpanzees to cheetahs, it focuses on East Africa’s vanishing wildlife.
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Hello, Goodbye – I don’t know why I say Hello, you say Goodbye –
I guess there really IS no one left here – so I’ll say Goodnight !
October 5th, 2009 at 9:42 pm
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Not true at all…
October 5th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
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Well sheesh, girlfriend – you think I got nothing better to do than wait around forever ? You don’t think I got a whole lot of other things to do right now ?
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October 5th, 2009 at 9:51 pm
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LOL – Okay, this time I mean it : Goodnight ! (feel like I’m talking to myself here, which I often DO, but not in public)
October 5th, 2009 at 9:57 pm
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Goodnight… but if you change your mind, say howdy on the morning thread. Open discussion so we don’t muck up HB’s pretty photo post.
The photos are really nice… : ) Love the lion with the wind in his hair. Make it work baby.. make it work!
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HB, what wonderful photos – almost surreal in their serenity :
Surreal serenity, yeah, I like the sound of that
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There is a jackass who is trying to hijack our site. Seriously.
October 5th, 2009 at 9:04 pm
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There is? Who?
Or are you joking?
October 5th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
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Do not blow mw cover. shhhhhh
October 5th, 2009 at 9:14 pm
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Click in the comments.
October 5th, 2009 at 9:39 pm
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The pingback?
October 5th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
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Oddly I get nothing when I click on it…
October 5th, 2009 at 9:25 pm
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Hi, gurrls – I just popped in & what’s this you’re saying, luv ???
Is there drama ?
October 5th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
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Darn tootin’ – nobody here – late to the party agin !
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Absolutely breathtaking! Copies of these would make a beautiful addition on any wall. I think I’m gonna look for them. How did you find these maginficent specimens HB and where does one find copies? The mother land is just magnificent. One of these days….
October 5th, 2009 at 7:58 pm
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Hi Vegasbabe! How are you?
October 5th, 2009 at 8:04 pm
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Fair to midland..thanks for askin’….and you? These pictures have just blown me away…I’m at his site now checking out his stuff. He’s a master!
October 5th, 2009 at 8:17 pm
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Buy the book which has the b&w plates or go to an exhibition. Exhibition dates are on his website, the book is here:
http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Falls-Nick-Brandt/dp/081095415X/ref=sr_1_ 2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254607072&sr=8-2
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Wow!!! These are some othe greatest pictures I have ever seen. Stunning!!1 Thank you HB!! My daughters loved them!!
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Beautiful…just beautiful.
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Absolutely stunning. I particularly like the one of the lion with mane flying in the breeze. And, zebras should always be photographed in b & w.
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Those photos take my breath away!!! They are gorgeous!
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Wow! …..Just amazing…
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Magnificent!!!!!! Lovely!!
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:46 pm
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Thanks for the link, also too.
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love Nicholas Brandt,, he brings Africa to all of us
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See the words “breathtaking and “stunning” have already been used as descriptors…dugg it hb, thank you!!!
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WOW! Breathtaking. Absolutely fabulous. thanks so much for sharing!
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h/t to BeyondGood for the link to Brandt’s site and the suggestion to put up the photo essay.
October 3rd, 2009 at 3:01 pm
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Thanks for putting these up HB.
They are some of the most stunningly beautiful black and whites I’ve ever seen. I’m going to buy his book…
http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Falls-Nick-Brandt/dp/081095415X/ref=sr_1_ 2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254607072&sr=8-2
October 4th, 2009 at 7:16 am
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Hats off to you two.