Nick Brandt

Nick Brandt (b. 1964) is an English photographer whose themes relate to the disappearing natural world, before much of it is destroyed by mankind. His newest series, THE ECHO OF OUR VOICES: The Day May Break, Chapter Four focuses on Syrian refugee families battling water scarcity in the deserts of southern Jordan. Together with SINK/RISE: The Day May Break, Chapter Three, Brandt portrays the diverse ways climate change affects communities around the world, revealing the universal threat to our lives and homes. Brandt’s brings a unique approach to climate-conscious photography and celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the stabilizing effects of community in the face of adversity. 

Brandt devoted his photographic career to showing the disappearing natural world in East Africa. Beginning in 2001, he photographed a trilogy of works, charting the progress of paradise to diminished reality. From 2016-2019 he created a series of epic panoramas recording the impact of man in places where animals once roamed.

Brandt has had solo gallery and museum shows around the world, including New York, London, Berlin, Stockholm, Paris and Los Angeles. Born and raised in England, he now lives in the Southern Californian mountains. He is co-founder of Big Life Foundation, fighting to protect the animals and vast ecosystems of Kenya and Tanzania.