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On This Earth: Photographs from East Africa | 
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| Author: Nick Brandt
Creators: Alice Sebold, Jane Goodall
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Category: Book
List Price: $40.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 14831
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 132
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 12.2 x 10.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 0811848655
Dewey Decimal Number: 779.3209676
EAN: 9780811848657
ASIN: 0811848655
Publication Date: October 31, 2005
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Product Description
Nick Brandt depicts the animals of East Africa with an intimacy and artistry unmatched by other photographers who choose wildlife as their subject. He creates these majestic sepia and blue-tone photos contrasting moments of quintessential stillness with bursts of dramatic action by engaging with these creatures on an exceptionally intimate level, without the customary use of a telephoto lens. Evocative of classical art, from dignified portraits to sweeping natural tableaux, Brandt's images artfully and simply capture animals in their natural states of being. With a foreword by Alice Sebold and an introduction by Jane Goodall, On This Earth is a gorgeous portfolio of some of the last wild animals and a heartfelt elegy to a vanishing world.
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A wellspring of insipiration for the nature photographer (and nature lover) July 17, 2008
As an avid photographer - and one who has spent a lot of time shooting in EA - these are precisely the sort of images that make me want to grab my camera and rush back into the Serengeti. It's a well selected collection - perhaps not the greatest photographs I have ever seen, but a beautiful selection nontheless. A wonderful departure from the stock "post-card" photograpy that's been pouring out of the continent, and some are so breathtakingly vivid (like the image used on the cover) that you can almost feel the dust swirl around you, and feel the hot African sun on your neck.
It's a beautiful book. Would make an an ideal gift for the nature photographer, and for the nature lover...
On This Earth July 17, 2008
This is a wonderful book with some great pictures of the African wildlife. The black and white photos were striking and the book appeals to 3 years of age to 65. It captured the African wildlife that I have had the privilege of seeing first hand on two occasions.
Amazing BW pictures. Very nice March 31, 2008
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Amazing BW pictures. Very nice and a good edition. Very interesting for all photo-africa lovers....
beautiful photographs March 3, 2008
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This is a collection of beautiful photographs. The prints are warm, with good blacks. This made a great gift for our friends that had travelled in Africa.
Everything I hoped for and more. March 3, 2008
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Nick Brandt's collection of photography is absolutely stunning. His work is much more akin to portraits than traditional wildlife photography. There is an intimacy between Brandt and his animal subjects which resonates in each photo. Page after page, "On This Earth" shows us the humanity and soul of these animals. Brandt has made a brilliant case for why these creatures have the same right to live on this earth as we do.
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