Africa

1. After reading the article on Nick Brandt's photography in Africa I felt guilty. Even though I'm not the person who is going out and killing wild animals in Africa I felt really depressed, as if I were that person. It's awful to see animals being killed especially after seeing how calm and beautiful they look when Brandt captures them in their "state of being". It makes me feel sick to my stomach that humans are so willing to kill something so beautiful just to make money.

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3. I chose this Nick Brandt photo because of the message that it sends. In the photo you can see how something so naturally beautiful has been disrupted by human destruction. It makes me feel sorry, which is a good thing because that means the photo is able to send the message to whoever is looking at it that what humans are doing is wrong and needs to be stopped.

4. Some rules of photography that I find evident in this photo are simplicity and rule of thirds. The background of this photo is plain without any other main subjects present so that all of the attention can be focused on the Lion's head. I also see rule of thirds because the main subject isn't centered in the middle of the photo but instead in the upper left hand corner. This works well for this photo because it allows us to see all of the horizon that the lion is looking at.

5. Nick Brandt uses a Pentax 67 camera with a modified lens. This is important because it means that he must move in close to the subject,  and is able to capture the background scenery in his photos as well.

6. Nick Brandt's reason for taking these photos is to show how beautiful wild African animals can be in their natural "state of being". He also likes to showcase how humans have caused lots of destruction to these animals lives and habitats. 

7. Nick Brandt's hopes for these photos is that people will see them and feel bad for what we redoing to the wild animals in Africa,  and to make us want to stand up and do something to help bring back all the land and animals we destroyed.

8. " 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". -Nick Brandt