Elephant Five, Amboseli
A majestic elephant is captured in striking black-and-white by photographer Nick Brandt, whose signature monochromatic style lends the image a timeless, painterly quality. Set against the vast landscape of Amboseli, the photograph conveys both the immense physical presence and quiet dignity of the animal. Brandt's intimate and reverent approach transforms this wildlife image into a powerful testament to the beauty and vulnerability of African elephants.
- Medium
- Archival pigment print.
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
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Photographs
May 19, 2016
Artists in conversation
Peter Beard
American · b. 1938
Beard spent decades photographing African wildlife and landscapes in black and white with the same reverent intimacy and elegiac tone seen in this elephant portrait, treating wildlife subjects as monumental fine art statements about conservation and loss.
Frans Lanting
Dutch · b. 1951
Lanting creates large format fine art wildlife photography with a deeply painterly and contemplative quality, frequently photographing African elephants with the same sense of quiet dignity and timeless monumental presence found in this Amboseli image.
Art Wolfe
American · b. 1951
Wolfe produces sweeping black and white wildlife and nature photography across African landscapes that shares the same majestic mood, documentary fine art approach, and reverent treatment of animal subjects as this Nick Brandt elephant portrait.
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