I want my images to achieve two things in this regard - to be an elegy to a world that is tragically vanishing, to make people see what beauty is dis…

- Nick Brandt

Few photographers have ever considered the photography of wild animals, as distinctly opposed to the genre of Wildlife Photography, as an art form. T…

- Nick Brandt

My images are unashamedly idyllic and romantic, a kind of enchanted Africa. They're my elegy to a world that is steadily, tragically vanishing.

- Nick Brandt

You wouldn't take a portrait of a human being from a hundred feet away and expect to capture their spirit; you'd move in close.

- Nick Brandt

I want to get a real sense of intimate connection with each of the animals - with that particular lion or elephant in front of me. I believe that bei…

- Nick Brandt