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I was looking through my own photos from when I was in East Africa and it reminded me that I wanted to share this book!
I got this for Christmas, it's called On this Earth, a Shadow Falls and it's basically a collection of photography taken in East Africa by Nick Brandt. It really is a beautiful book and I love being able to have it across my lap and see some truly wonderful photos from a place that I love and miss terribly.
But weirdly enough, the photos aren't even my favorite part of this book. It's actually some words from the author (you can read the whole thing here) but the following really touched close to home:
I really do recommend this book. It's a little pricey, but totally worth it in my opinion (just get someone to give it to you as a gift! haha). If you just like to look at nature and wildlife photography, this will be incredibly inspiring, and if you honestly love nature and love those intimate moments that you'll remember forever, this book really spoke to me on that level, and really tugged at my emotions. However, that really just could be because I have had so many personal experiences with East Africa. I think the sentiment is kind of universal, though, and others will have similar feelings.
I got this for Christmas, it's called On this Earth, a Shadow Falls and it's basically a collection of photography taken in East Africa by Nick Brandt. It really is a beautiful book and I love being able to have it across my lap and see some truly wonderful photos from a place that I love and miss terribly.
But weirdly enough, the photos aren't even my favorite part of this book. It's actually some words from the author (you can read the whole thing here) but the following really touched close to home:
I tried to find a frame to capture the magnificent sight, but no angle – high or low or panoramic – came close to distilling the experience of these elephants. To try and capture with my camera the sheer beauty, poetry, and scale of the vision before me was, well, pointless. So I just sat back and let the long, gentle flow of elephants drift past me. A moment never to be photographed, but always remembered.I think having a moment like this is a really defining experience. I love photography. I love nature. I love being able to capture the beauty of nature in my photography, but I think the real wonders of going into nature is being able to experience an almost intimate moment like that. Seeing or experiencing something that you can't necessarily share, and maybe that's a good thing. I have dealt with a lot of frustrations with people not totally understanding the full impact of my East African experiences, but I take comfort in knowing I have these experiences, these memories are mine, and I had a moment that is unshared by anyone else on this planet, except for maybe a select few.
I really do recommend this book. It's a little pricey, but totally worth it in my opinion (just get someone to give it to you as a gift! haha). If you just like to look at nature and wildlife photography, this will be incredibly inspiring, and if you honestly love nature and love those intimate moments that you'll remember forever, this book really spoke to me on that level, and really tugged at my emotions. However, that really just could be because I have had so many personal experiences with East Africa. I think the sentiment is kind of universal, though, and others will have similar feelings.