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NICK BRANDT: THE DAY MAY BREAK

  • 16 Sep — 06 Nov 21

ATLAS is delighted to announce the release of Nick Brandt’s new series, The Day May Break.

A selection of works will preview at this year’s Photo London, opening at Somerset House on the 8th September. A full exhibition of the series opens at the gallery on Dorset Street, London, on 16th September.

This new collection, photographed in Zimbabwe and Kenya in late 2020, is the first part of a global series portraying people and animals that have been impacted by environmental degradation and destruction. ⁠
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The photographs were taken at five sanctuaries/ conservancies. The animals 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.⁠ ⁠⁠
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The fog is the unifying visual. We increasingly find ourselves in a kind of limbo, a once-recognizable world now fading from view. Created by fog machines on location, the fog is also an echo of the suffocating smoke from the wildfires, driven by climate change, devastating so much of the planet.⁠
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However, in spite of their loss, these people and animals are the survivors. And therein lies possibility and hope.

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Halima, Abdul and Frida, Kenya, 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Alice, Stanley and Najin, Kenya, 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Bupa and People in Fog, Kenya, 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Chipangara Family and Mak, Zimbabwe, 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Clementia, John & Mak, Zimbabwe 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Fatuma, Ali & Bupa, Kenya 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Githui & Kimanjo, Kenya, 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Githui on Ground and Najin, Kenya, 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Harriet and People in Fog, Zimbabwe 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Githui & Najin by Tree, Kenya 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Helen and Sky, Zimbabwe 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

James and Fatu, Kenya, 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

James, Peter and Najin, Kenya, 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

James with Tawa beyond, Kenya, 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Richard and Sky, Zimbabwe, 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Kuda and Sky I, Zimbabwe, 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Kuda and Sky II, Zimbabwe, 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

James, Peter, Najin and Tawa, Kenya, 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Luckness, Winnie and Kura, Zimbabwe 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Matthew and Mak at Dusk, Zimbabwe 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Luckness and Marimba, Zimbabwe, 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

James and Najin, Kenya 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Matthew and Mak, Zimbabwe, 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Matthew on Termite Mound and Mak, Zimbabwe, 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Monica and Big Foot, Zimbabwe, 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Moraa and Son and Frida, Kenya, 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Najin and People in Fog, Kenya, 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Nuria, Zara and Najin, Zimbabwe, 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Patrick and Harriet on Bed, Zimbabwe, 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Regina and Jack, Levi and Diesel, Zimbabwe, 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Richard and Diesel, Zimbabwe, 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Richard and Okra, Zimbabwe, 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Robert and Nyaguthii and Bupa, Kenya, 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Shepherd and Matagat, Zimbabwe, 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Patrick and Harriet on Ground, Zimbabwe, 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Silva and Wood Owl, Zimbabwe, 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Thomas and Emma, Zimbabwe, 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Sofia, her father Mohammed and Fatu, Kenya, 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Teresa, Samuel and Fatu, Kenya, 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Teresa and Najin, Kenya, 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Thomas and Vincent, Zimbabwe, 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Zainab, her mother Miriam, and Frida, Kenya, 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Zainab, her mother Miriam, and Najin, Kenya, 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Levi and Diesel in Tobacco Factory, Zimbabwe 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Mak in Trees, Zimbabwe, 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Fatu in Trees, Kenya, 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Bupa, Kenya, 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Moraa and Son, Kenya, 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Zainab, Kenya, 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Sofia and her father Mohammed, Kenya, 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Sisters, Shylene and Lene, Zimbabwe, 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Flamingo Triptych, Zimbabwe, 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Flamingos I, Zimbabwe
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Flamingos II, Zimbabwe
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Flamingos III, Zimbabwe
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Harriet, Zimbabwe, 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Levi and Diesel, Zimbabwe, 2020
Archival pigment print

NICK BRANDT
NICK BRANDT

Helen, Zimbabwe 2020
Archival pigment print

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