Fotografiska Travelling Exhibitions.

Picture: Collage made by me, pictures from Fotografiska Museet

Photographer: Nick Brandt, "On This Earth, A Shadow Falls"

"Nick Brandt’s photograph of an elephant drinking captures, in all its detail, the quiet reserve of this creature, its weathered skin and ivory tusks dusty and worn. Each individual wrinkle, each contour, its gentle gaze, is imbedded into the paper, the result of patience and tripping the shutter at just the right moment..."

"... In September 2010, Brandt established the Big Life Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of Africa’s wildlife and ecosystems. Brandt’s photographs are more than breathtaking; his images raise awareness and funds for the preservation of these magnificent creatures. They are a testament to the natural world we so often take granted, and a challenge to our passivity in the face of their destruction."

I would love to go and see this new exhibition at Fotografiska by the famous photographer Brandt. The photography of the big elephant is spectacular and I'm fascinated how he managed to get so close to the different animals and truly capture them in that special moment. I'm definitely seeing it soon!

”I believe that being close to the animals makes a huge difference in the photographer’s ability to reveal its personality. You wouldn’t take a portrait of a human being from a hundred feet away and expect to capture their soul; you’d move in close,” muses Brandt."