Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Owuor, Yvonne Adhiambo
2. Everett, Percival
3. Barth, Nadine, 1964-
4. Fahey/Klein Gallery, host institution.
5. Atlas Gallery (London, England), host institution.
6. Custot Gallery (Dubai, United Arab Emirates), host institution.
7. Oslo Negativ, Det Gamle Biblioteket (Oslo, Norwary), host institution.
8. Source Photographica (Melbourne, Australia), host institution.
9. Edwynn Houk Gallery, host institution.
10. Polka Galerie (Paris, France), host institution.

Description

1. 166 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits; 33 cm

Summary

1. "'The Day May Break' was photographed in Zimbabwe and Kenya in late 2020. It is the first part of a global series portraying people and animals that have been impacted by environmental degradation and destruction. The people in the photos have all been badly affected by climate change--some displaced by cyclones that destroyed their homes, others such as farmers displaced and impoverished by years-long severe droughts. The photographs were taken at five sanctuaries/conservancies. The animals are almost all long-term rescues, victims of everything from the poaching of their parents, to habitat destruction and poisoning. These animals can never be released back into the wild. As a result, they are habituated, and so it was safe for human strangers to be close to them, photographed so close to them, and photographed in the same frame at the same time. The fog is the unifying visual. We increasingly find ourselves in a kind of limbo, a once-recognizable world now fading from view. Created by fog machines on location, this often renders the animals almost a dream, or a memory of what the people once experienced in their lives. It is also an echo of the suffocating smoke from the wildfires, driven by climate change, devastating so much of the planet. However, in spite of their loss, these people and animals are the survivors. And therein lies possibility and hope."--Front jacket flap.

Uniform title

1. Photographs. Selections

Alternative title

1. Photographs.
2. Nick Brandt

Subject

1. Brandt, Nick, 1966- > Exhibitions
2. Brandt, Nick, 1966-
3. Wildlife photography > Africa, East > Exhibitions
4. Animals > Africa, East > Pictorial works > Exhibitions
5. Portrait photography > Africa, East > Exhibitions
6. East Africans > Portraits > Exhibitions
7. Human-animal relationships > Africa, East > Pictorial works > Exhibitions
8. Environmental degradation > Africa, East > Pictorial works > Exhibitions
9. Animals
10. Wildlife photography
11. Africa, East > Pictorial works > Exhibitions
12. Africa, East

Genre/Form

1. Photography of animals.
2. Photography, Artistic.
3. Pictorial works.

Contents

1. The day may break : introduction / by Nick Brandt -- To earth : a yearning : foreword / by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor -- Main plates -- My life is like a ripened banana : survivors, their past and present -- The acoustic album : the making of The Day May Break / by Nick Brandt -- Afterword / by Percival Everett -- How you can help -- Thank you.

Call number

1. Sc+ G 22-5

Note

1. Chiefly illustrated.
2. Published in conjunction with the exhibition "Nick Brandt: The Day May Break", traveling beginning in 2021: Fahey Klein Gallery, Los Angeles; Atlas Gallery, London; Custot Gallery, Dubai; Oslo Negativ, Det Gamle Biblioteket, Oslo; Source Photographica, Melbourne; Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York; Polka Galerie, Paris; and other venues.

Author

1. Brandt, Nick, 1966- photographer.

Title

1. The day may break / Nick Brandt ; texts, Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, Nick Brandt, Percival Everett ; editor, Nadine Barth.

Publisher

1. Berlin, Germany : Hatje Cantz, [2021]

Copyright date

1. ©2021

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Local note

1. Schomburg copy with dust jacket.

Added author

1. Brandt, Nick, 1966- photographer, writer of supplementary textual content.
2. Owuor, Yvonne Adhiambo, writer of supplementary textual content.
3. Everett, Percival, writer of supplementary textual content.
4. Barth, Nadine, 1964- editor.
5. Fahey/Klein Gallery, host institution.
6. Atlas Gallery (London, England), host institution.
7. Custot Gallery (Dubai, United Arab Emirates), host institution.
8. Oslo Negativ, Det Gamle Biblioteket (Oslo, Norwary), host institution.
9. Source Photographica (Melbourne, Australia), host institution.
10. Edwynn Houk Gallery, host institution.
11. Polka Galerie (Paris, France), host institution.

ISBN

1. 9783775750899 (hbk.)
2. 3775750894 (hbk.)

Research call number

1. Sc+ G 22-5