1. I was so amazed by how simply elegant and simple the photos I saw were. I love the message Brandt is trying to send with these photos because he is trying to sow us how amazing these animals truly are in their natural state, but the world is being corrupted and these animals could cease to exist because of us. It really makes you want to make a difference and help stop these beautiful animals from going extinct so we can keep capturing their beauty with years to come.
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3. I really like this image because of the message that is being sent. These tusks clearly once belonged to an elephant had been killed. There are places in Africa where elephants are endangered because they are being killed simply for their tusks which can be worth lots. The photo really shares the impact of that, showing an empty background with simply a man mourning the loss of the elephant, holding just its eft behind tusks.
4. The rules of third has been applied to this image. The horizon has been moved to the bottom third of the image and the crouching man has been place to the bottom left section of the photograph.
5. Brandt does not use telephoto lenses that are used to capture images from a very far distance. He rather capture his subjects, the animals, up close to be able to capture the spirit of the animal in its natural state which he claims can not be done from a far.
6. Brandt's reasoning behind his photos are to capture a last record of animals and places that have been destroyed at the hand of human kind.
7. Brandt's hopes for taking these photos is to, not only capture the beauty of the creatures that may soon be extinct, but also to get other people to care about what terrible damage mankind has done.
8. "I'm not interested in creating work that is simply documentary or filled with action and drama, which has been the norm in the photography of animals in the wild. What I am interested in is showing the animals simply in the state of Being. In the state of Being before they are no longer are. Before, in the wild at least, they cease to exist." -Nick Brandt
Abandoned Theme Park
1. I would like to go the Spreepark in Berlin, Germany to take photos of. From the chosen images in the article I could tell that there was lots to this abandoned amusement part. There's swan boats, dinosaurs, a Ferris wheel and even adorable kiddie pony rides. Also a lot of the images show of the perfect backgrounds. The sky doesn't seem as polluted or fogged up like other amusement parks featured in the other articles. I think I would feel less creeped out going to this park compared to the other ones.
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- Abandoned Malls, such as Hawthorne Plaza Mall in Hawthorne California.
- Bellevue Hospital in New York, New York
- The Hotel Ozona in Ozona, Texas
- Walnut Ridge Mansion in Gonzales, Texas
- H. H. Richardson Complex in New York
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5. I think that photographing Bellevue Hospital would be fun because it already sort of has that asylum feeling to it, but the place also seems to have a bright look to it. I doesn't feel too creepy and the it also seems very interesting structural wise. the types of photos I would take there would be to show the architecture but as well for the dead vines climbing up the sides of the building are fascinating, adds to the creep factor.
6. To go to Bellevue Hospital in New York I would need some sort of transportation, possibly plane, and I may need to consider if the Hospital is open for the public and if it isn't I may have to go to the City and ask for permission to enter. I believe that I would take hardly any equipment so I can capture the decay of the building in a natural state, little to no lights. I would also need a place to stay in New York when I go to take pictures, I would also need to consider expenses such as food and possibly other needs that could have been forgotten.
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