Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt Contemporary Photography
Having enjoyed a deep connection with animals since childhood, and sharing his Californian home with a menagerie of pets, it was the beautiful and graceful African creatures and the wild, sweeping landscape they inhabit that particularly appealed to Nick.
Around five years ago, he decided to leave behind the glamour of the music business to concentrate on becoming a photographer.
Biography:
Nick Brandt's photographs are like no other wildlife photography you've ever seen, because they are not wildlife photography in the conventional sense. He treats the photography of the wild animals of Africa as a fine art form. He photographs the animals as if he was photographing people. Above all, his photographs - both the close portraits and the sweeping vistas - stir the emotions of the viewer in powerful ways.
One of the secrets for capturing such intimate portraits is that Nick does not use a telephoto lens. "You wouldn't photograph a person from one hundred feet away with a telephoto lens and expect to capture their personality. I feel the same way about photographing animals."
Of course, getting close to wild animals is anything but easy, but the clear connection we sense to the animals in his work seems to suggest it's worth all the effort and patience.
Exhibitions:
UPCOMING :
April 28 - May 28 2011
IRIS GALLERY, BOSTON, MA
129 Newbury Street
Boston, MA 02116
Tel : (617) 895 8951
June 1 - August 10 2011
HANGARAM ART MUSEUM, SEOUL ART CENTER, KOREA
FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY
Seoul, KOREA
Group Show (23 Large Nick Brandt Photos)
October 6 - Jan 8 2012
FOTOGRAFISKA MUSEUM, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
Stora Tullhuset, Stadsgårdshamnen 22
SE-116 45, Stockholm, Sweden
Solo Show (60 Large Nick Brandt Photos)
PAST :
January 29 - February 26 2011
HOLDEN LUNTZ GALLERY, PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
256 Worth Avenue, Palm Beach 33480
Tel : (561 805 9550)
February 4 - February 18 2011
SOURCE PHOTOGRAPHICA at GADFLY GALLERY, PERTH
July 7 - August 7 2010
BERNHEIMER FINE ARTS, MUNICH
June 23 - July 7 2010
SOURCE PHOTOGRAPHICA at SHAPIRO GALLERY, SYDNEY
April 21 - May 12 2010
SOURCE PHOTOGRAPHICA, MELBOURNE
November 6 2009 - January 6 2010
CAMERAWORK GALLERY, BERLIN
November 10 2009 - January 23 2010
YOUNG GALLERY, BRUSSELS
November 12 - December 24 2009
A GALERIE, PARIS
September 10 - October tbd 2009
STALEY+WISE GALLERY, NEW YORK
September 25 - November 21 2009
PHOTO-EYE GALLERY, SANTA FE
September 9 - October 3 2009
ATLAS GALLERY, LONDON
@ AIR GALLERY, 32 Dover St, W1
September 10 - October 17 2009
FAHEY/KLEIN GALLERY, LOS ANGELES
August 1-29, 2008
GILMAN CONTEMPORARY, SUN VALLEY
April 26 - June 4 2008
CAMERAWORK GALLERY, BERLIN ("Africa" Group Show)
December 1 2007 - January 6 2008
GALERIE WOUTER VAN LEEUWEN, AMSTERDAM
December 1 2007 - March 25 2008
PHOTO-EYE GALLERY, SANTA FE
September 15 - November 8 2006
YOUNG GALLERY, BRUSSELS
April 27 - June 3 2006
STALEY+WISE GALLERY, NEW YORK
November 26 2005 - January 7 2006
CAMERAWORK GALLERY, BERLIN
October 29 - November 23 2005
SANDRA BYRON GALLERY, SYDNEY
September 28 - November 5 2005
ATLAS GALLERY, LONDON
July 8 - September 10 2005
PHOTO-EYE GALLERY, SANTA FE
July 7 - August 7 2005
STEPHEN COHEN GALLERY, LOS ANGELES
March 4-25 2005
FONG/HEIMERDINGER GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO
March 1 - April 15 2005
BERNHEIMER FINE ARTS, MUNICH
January 10 2005 - February 15 2005
GALERIE 206, BERLIN
September 3 - October 15, 2004
