This year, the effects of global warming are in the sights of around fifteen photographers exhibiting at the 35th edition of Visa pour l’image in Perpignan. Including the Brit Nick Brandt and his eloquent series “The Day May Break”.
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During his trip to Zimbabwe and Kenya in 2020, British photographer Nick Brandt photographed people severely affected by climate change. These survivors have survived droughts, floods, fires… They have lost everything but are alive and has to adapt. The day can begin (translated as “The Day May Rise”) is the title of this series in three chapters Nick Brandt signed. The internationally renowned photographer presents portraits of people, but also of animals, who are victims of environmental degradation and destruction.
Photos taken in several protected areas and nature reserves in Africa, a continent close to his heart. The image of Harriet therefore attracts particular attention. This wild owl with a penetrating gaze, but whose expression oscillates between sadness and resignation, waits, his wings folded behind his back like arms. The animal is no longer afraid of the presence of humans. In the background, in the fog, the shadows of several characters appear in chiaroscuro. For Nick Brandt, this photo taken in Zimbabwe in 2020 symbolizes the consequences of an ecological catastrophe.
From New York to London, via Berlin, Stockholm, Paris and Los Angeles, Nick Brandt’s work is exhibited all over the world. To denounce human barbarism, he takes very aesthetic close-ups of animals in black and white. These photos, mostly taken in Africa, are up for grabs. Since 2011 he has been making photos of rare power, like this collection entitled The empty world In it he criticizes the increasing destruction of nature and the exploitation of wild animals by humans. His passionate commitment to protecting the wild world is not fake. Nick Brandt, who now lives in California, was co-inventor of the Big Life Foundation to protect the ecosystem around Ambolesi Park in Kenya, a few dozen kilometers from Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania.
The images in the first chapter of this series, exhibited in Perpignan, were taken in Zimbabwe and Kenya in 2020, and those in the second in Bolivia in 2022. Chapter 3 of the series, recorded in Fiji in 2023, will be released in September. The three series will soon be combined into one book.
International Festival Visa pour l’image – Couvent des Minimes in Perpignan until September 17, 2023.
