Nick Brandt
Overview
Nick Brandt (1964) was born and raised in London, where he originally studied painting and film at Saint Martin’s School of Art. While directing Michael Jackson’s epic Earth Song video in Tanzania in 1995, Nick fell in love with animals and the East African land.
A few years later, he began his first photographic series, On This Earth (2000-2005), which comprises a trilogy together with the later series A Shadow Falls (2009) and Across the Ravaged Land (2013). On This Earth was published in book form in 2005 with introductions by the conservationist and primatologist Jane Goodall, author Alice Sebold and photography critic Vicki Goldberg. His later series, Inherit the Dust (2016) and This Empty World (2019), were all also photographed in East Africa. In 2010, Brandt co-founded Big Life Foundation, a non-profit in Kenya and Tanzania that employs more than 350 local rangers protecting 1.6 million acres of the Amboseli and Kilimanjaro ecosystems. His photographs focus on the impact of environmental destruction and climate breakdown, for both some of the most vulnerable people and for the animal and natural world.
Since 2020, Brandt has been working on The Day May Break, an ongoing global series that portrays people and animals impacted by climate change and environmental destruction. Chapter One (2021) was photographed in Kenya and Zimbabwe, Chapter Two (2022) in Bolivia. SINK / RISE, Chapter Three (2023), was taken in Fiji, and The Echo of Our Voices, Chapter Four (2024) in Jordan.
Brandt has had solo gallery and museum shows around the world, including New York, London, Berlin, Stockholm, Shanghai, Oslo, Paris and Los Angeles. His photographs form part of numerous public and private collections.
Series
Works
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Ahmed z družino v mesečini, Jordanija / Ahmed and Family by Moonlight, Jordan, 2024
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F’taim in Zaina, Jordanija / F’taim and Zaina, Jordan, 2024
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Jama, Jordanija / The Cave, Jordan, 2024
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Ariam, Khairiya in Sojoon, Jordanija / Ariam, Khairiya and Sojoon, Jordan, 2024
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Zaina, Laila in Haroub, Jordanija / Zaina, Laila and Haroub, Jordan, 2024
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Ženske s spečimi otroki, Jordanija / Women with Sleeping Children, Jordan,, 2024
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Bivoli v loku, Masai Mara / Wildbeest Arc, Maasai Mara, 2006
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Slonica z mladičem / Elephant Mother and Baby at Leg, Amboseli, 2012
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Zebre prečkajo reko, Masai Mara / Zebra river crossing, Masai Mara, 2006
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Fatuma, Ali in Bupa, Kenija / Fatuma, Ali and Bupa, Kenya, 2020
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Harriet in ljudje v megli, Zimbabve / Harriet and People in Fog, Zimbabwe, 2020
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Kuda in Sky, Zimbabve / Kuda and Sky, Zimbabwe, 2020
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Najin in ljudje v megli, Kenija / Najin and People in Fog, Kenya, 2020
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Richard in Sky, Zimbabve / Richard and Sky, Zimbabwe, 2020
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Serafina pri mizi, Fidži / Serafina at Table, Fiji, 2023
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Petero ob klifu, Fidži / Petero by Cliff, Fiji, 2023
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Laila, ki stoji, Jordanija / Laila Standing, Jordan, 2024
Exhibitions
News
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Guided tour of Nick Brandt's exhibition with the curators at Cankarjev dom
On Saturday, 24th May 2025, at 11 AM May 10, 2025As part of Ljubljana Art Weekend , we invite you to a guided tour of Nick Brandt's exhibition The Day May Break on Saturday, 24th...Read more -
Artist Talk with Nick Brandt CANCELED DUE TO HEALTH ISSUES
On Tuesday, 6th May, at 6 pm April 28, 2025Nick Brandt was planning to visit Ljubljana on 6th May on the occasion of his major exhibition The Day May Break , which is on...Read more -
Nick Brandt's Exhibition Project The Day May Break
Chapters I, II, III and IV March 25, 2025Major Solo Photography Exhibition NICK BRANDT: THE DAY MAY BREAK 31st March– 7th September 2025 CD Gallery Chapters One to Three Galerija Fotografija Chapter Four,...Read more
Press