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Nick Brandt

Overview

Born in England, Nick Brandt has devoted his photographic career to showing the disappearing natural world of East Africa, and its rapid destruction at the hands of man. Starting in 2001, he photographed and published a trilogy of works, charting this progress from paradise to diminished reality. The consecutive titles of the books form one sentence: On This Earth, A Shadow Falls, Across the Ravaged Land.

In 2016, Brandt completed and published ‘Inherit the Dust.’ In a series of epic panoramas, Brandt records the impact of man, in places where animals used to roam, but no longer do. In each location, Brandt erects a life-size panel of a previously unreleased animal portrait, setting the panels within a world of explosive urban development, factories, wasteland and quarries.

His project This Empty World (2019) addressed the escalating destruction of the natural world at the ands of humans, showing a world where, overwhelmed by runaway development, there is no longer space for animals to survive. Working in colour for the first time, in a visually complex tableaux populated by both humans and animals, This Empty World is a tour de force of contemporary image making. 

His latest series The Day May Break (2021) the first part of a global series portraying people and animals that have been impacted by environmental degradation and destruction. Photographed in five sanctuaries in Zimbabwe and Kenya in late 2020, the animals in this series are almost all long-term rescues, victims of everything from the poaching of their parents, to habitat destruction and poisoning. These animals can never be released back into the wild. As a result, they are habituated, and so it was safe for human strangers to be close to them, and photographed in the same frame at the same time.

Now living in California, in 2010, Brandt co-founded Big Life Foundation, a non-profit organisation devoted to protecting the wildlife and ecosystems of a large area of East Africa.

Featured Exhibitions

  • Nick Brandt: Across the Ravaged Land

    21/10 — 09/11/13

  • Nick Brandt
    Platinum Prints

    01/07 — 31/10/17

  • NICK BRANDT – THE DIRECTOR’S CUT:

    THE PHOTOGRAPHER’S FAVOURITE 25

    23/04 — 13/06/20

  • NICK BRANDT: THIS EMPTY WORLD

    07/02 — 07/03/19

  • NICK BRANDT: THE DAY MAY BREAK

    16/09 — 06/11/21

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Halima, Abdul and Frida, Kenya, 2020
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NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Alice, Stanley and Najin, Kenya, 2020
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NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Bupa and People in Fog, Kenya, 2020
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NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Chipangara Family and Mak, Zimbabwe, 2020
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THIS EMPTY WORLD
NICK BRANDT

Bus Station with Elephant in Dust, 2018
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THIS EMPTY WORLD
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Bus Station with Lioness, 2018
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THIS EMPTY WORLD
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Savannah with Lion & Humans, 2018
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THIS EMPTY WORLD
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Bus Station with Elephant and Red Bus, 2018
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Wasteland With Elephant, 2015
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Underpass With Elephants
(Lean Back, Your Life Is On Track)
, 2015
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Quarry With Lion, 2014
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Alleyway With Chimpanzee, 2014
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Wasteland With Rhinos & Residents, 2015
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Road To Factory With Zebra, 2014
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Quarry With Giraffe, 2014
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Road With Elephant, 2014
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Factory With Rhino, 2014
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Alleyway With Chimpanzee, 2014
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Wasteland With Lion, 2015
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Street With Lioness & Cub, 2014
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Wasteland With Cheetahs & Children, 2015
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Road Junction With Qumquat & Family, 2014
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Nick Brandt

Factory With Elephant, 2014
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Underpass With Rhino & Egret, 2014
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Elephant Drinking, Amboseli, 2007
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Ranger With Tusks of Killed Elephant, Amboseli, 2011
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Elephants Walking Through Grass, Amboseli, 2008
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Line of Rangers With Tusks of Killed Elephants, Amboseli, 2011
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Abandoned Ostrich Egg, Amboseli, 2007
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Petrified Fish Eagle, Lake Natron, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Lion Before Storm II, Sitting Profile, Maasai Mara, 2006
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Cheetah And Cubs, Maasai Mara, 2003
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Elephant With Exploding Dust, Amboseli, 2004
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Gorilla on Rock, Parc Des Volcans, 2008
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Elephant on Bare Earth, Amboseli, 2011
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Two Zebras Turning Heads, Ngorongoro Crater, 2005
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Rhino on Lake, Nakuru, 2007
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Portrait of Lioness Against Rock, Serengeti, 2007
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Cheetah & Cubs Lying on Rock, Serengeti, 2007
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Wildebeest Arc, Maasai Mara, 2006
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Hippos on The Mara River, Maasai Mara, 2002
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Leopard Staring, Masai Mara, 2010
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Lioness With Cub in Mouth, Amboseli, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Lioness Against Dark Foliage, Serengeti, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Lion With Monolith, Serengeti, 2008
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Zebra River Crossing, Maasai Mara, 2006
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Elephant Footprints, Amboseli, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Babboons in profile, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Buffalo Group Portrait, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Buffalo Trophy, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Buffalo with lowered Head, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Buffalos head to head, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Cheetah in tree, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Chimpanzee posing, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Elephant Against Sky, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Elephant and Baby sleeping, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Elephant Exodus, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Elephant Five, Amboseli, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Group of elephants on Bare Earth, Amboseli, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Elephant in Dust, Amboseli, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Elephant mother and baby at leg, Amboseli, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Elephant Mother and two babies, Amboseli, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Elephant Skull, Amboseli, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Elephant with Tattered Ears, Amboseli, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Elephants Alone on Lake Bed, Amboseli, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Elephants on Bleached Lake Bed, Amboseli, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Elephants on Bleached Lake Bed, Amboseli, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Giraffe fan, Amboseli, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Giraffe Tryptic, Amboseli, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Giraffes and Dust Devil, Amboseli, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Giraffes Battling in Forest, Amboseli, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Giraffes Battling in Sun, Amboseli, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Giraffes in the evening Light, Amboseli, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Kilimanjaro Lioness, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Kudu Trophy, Amboseli, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Leopard in Crook of Tree, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Lioness wildebeest, Amboseli, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Lion Circle, Amboseli, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Lion Couple, Amboseli, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Lion in Shaft of Light, Amboseli, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Lion Roar, Amboseli, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Lion Standing in Wind, Amboseli, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Lion Trophy, Amboseli, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Lioness holding cub in mouth, Amboseli, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Lioness with cub feeding, Amboseli, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Lionesses ready to hunt, Amboseli, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Old Chimp Portrait, Amboseli, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Petrified Bat, Amboseli, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Petrified Dove, Amboseli, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Petrified Flamingo, Amboseli, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Petrified Songbird, Amboseli, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Rangers Supporting Tusks of Killed Elephant, Amboseli, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Rhinos in Lake, Amboseli, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

Sitting Lionesses, Amboseli, 2012
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Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt

The two elephants, Amboseli, 2012
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