Nick Brandt, Ranger with Tusks of Killed Elephant, Amboseli, 2011 ©Nick Brandt. Courtesy of the

Nick Brandt, Ranger with Tusks of Killed Elephant, Amboseli, 2011 ©Nick Brandt. Courtesy of the artist and Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York and Zurich

NICK BRANDT

Exhibition from May 26 — July 16, 2016 at Edwynn Houk Gallery, Paris Fair Exhibitor

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Galerie Edwynn Houk Zurich is pleased to present an exhibition of Nick Brandt’s photographs from the series “Across The Ravaged Land”. This occasion marks the artist’s first presentation at the gallery’s Zurich location and follows the well-received exhibition at Edwynn Houk Gallery New York of the artist’s most recent series “Inherit the Dust”.

With these large-scale sepia toned images Nick Brandt pays homage to the impressive animals native to Kenya’s expansive landscape. Working for weeks on location in the African savanna, Brandt studies his subjects through the lens of a medium format film camera, just as carefully and considered as one would construct a portrait in a studio setting. He spends days with each animal and waits for a moment of connection, the decisive moment, when everything moves into place and the subject’s individual character is captured in a perfectly composed scene. This approach is particularly evident in the large-scale portrait of one of Brant’s favorite subjects, Elephant on Bare Earth, Amboseli, on view in the exhibition.

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