Nick Brandt more than elephants

[jtk]

http://www.nickbrandt.com/

Some of you know Nick Brandt mostly thru his Pentax 6X7 work, such as this elephant.

Take your time exploring this. Marvelous stuff.

 

[jtk]

 

[warden]

This is the first I've heard of the This Empty World project, thank you. Inherit the dust is a brilliant piece of work and has been a favorite of mine since first sight. His interview with Jeffery Saddoris is worth a listen too.

 

[warden]

Well I took some time to review This Empty World and my take on it is mixed. I do appreciate his message, which is consistent. But the theatricality of his new work is taking on a Jeff Wall/Gregory Crewdson kind of vibe now, at least to me. The work also really needs the description and extensive "making of" images to bring home the concept, which wasn't necessary for the Inherit the Dust series. I dunno.

Is he still using film? If not he's dead to me.

;-)

 

[Russ - SVP]

We did see his exhibit in Santa Fe. Nice prints.

 

[tezzasmall]

http://www.nickbrandt.com/

Some of you know Nick Brandt mostly thru his Pentax 6X7 work, such as this elephant.

Take your time exploring this. Marvelous stuff.

I have one of Nick's books = the first one he did I think. The pictures in it are amazing to my eyes, especially when you realise that he uses a Pentax 6 x 7 with a red filter on it and he only uses a standard lens, so he can be just a few feet away from his subjects, which include the big cats amongst other subjects. He is rather secretive about how he achieves his pictures but I have an idea and have read little bits here and there as well. From what I've read he still does it all on film.

I would love to see an exhibition of his work, as he prints BIG.

Terry S

 

[jtk]

I don't know what camera he uses now.. I suspect that at least some of his images are made from his familiar 6X7 B&W negs.

I came across his work in a report from the lab that did his INKJET prints. That was a decade ago, when I was still making decisions about inkjet printing, pigments, and paper.

 

[tezzasmall]

I don't know what camera he uses now.. I suspect that at least some of his images are made from his familiar 6X7 B&W negs.

I came across his work in a report from the lab that did his INKJET prints. That was a decade ago, when I was still making decisions about inkjet printing, pigments, and paper.

I don't know about his work, but I've noticed a lot of photographers today (especially more well known ones), offer (often limited print run) darkroom prints and inkjets at two different price structures. This is of course presuming that they are using film at all. But, if you've got the money, you can make a choice.

Terry S

 

[jtk]

I don't know about his work, but I've noticed a lot of photographers today (especially more well known ones), offer (often limited print run) darkroom prints and inkjets at two different price structures. This is of course presuming that they are using film at all. But, if you've got the money, you can make a choice.

Terry S

True sometimes...but many of the best use inkjet (and Photoshop). never darkroom, in order to produce superior prints or, like Bill Brandt's, in order to produce prints that would be virtually impossible in a darkroom.

Is there a positive correlation between "well known" and photographic merit?

The best known are into schmaltz, whether darkroom or inkjet, hoping that's what their target audience wants.

It's become standard practice to attempt to gild lilies (to put it kindly) by touting mediocre images as "traditional" silver gelatin prints.

Also... if you "don't know about Brandt's work," which is easy enough to find online, how can you comment?

 

[tezzasmall]

Also... if you "don't know about Brandt's work," which is easy enough to find online, how can you comment?

My comment about Brandt's work, was meant to imply that I didn't know whether he did darkroom prints still or a mixture of darkroom and inkjet, or just inkjet prints, for his customers. The comment didn't mean that I don't know about his work in general, for I have his first book and have read many articles about him so far.

Terry S

 

[jtk]

My comment about Brandt's work, was meant to imply that I didn't know whether he did darkroom prints still or a mixture of darkroom and inkjet, or just inkjet prints, for his customers. The comment didn't mean that I don't know about his work in general, for I have his first book and have read many articles about him so far.

Terry S

Understood.

Don't know if Nck Brandt still does any darkroom printing...

I first came across him in a BauHause (printer driver software) interview when researching my old Epson 2200 ...might have been 2004/ Unfortunately that in-depth interview isn't online anymore. Maybe he's using different software now (probably Photoshop)? http://www.bowhaus.com/news/successstory.php4

Saw this work when it was hung in Santa Fe, New Mexico: https://www.photographize.co/interviews/nickbrandt/ Staggering beauty.