19. June 2016 - 23. October 2016
On This Earth, A Shadow Falls Across The Ravaged Land
Photographs by Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt is using an analogue medium size camera to take his exclusively black and white photographs. He never uses telephoto zoom lenses, he uses his patience to get as close to the animals as possible – literally. He is not really interested in mere animal photography as such. He strives to document both the beauty and the destruction of the wildlife in East Africa. Brandt's photos are representations of a frustrating reality, where tens of thousands of elephants are killed every year for their tusks, where a rhinoceros horn is more valuable than gold and where the lion population has dwindled to a mere 25% within just 20 years. In 2010, Nick Brandt founded his “Big Life Foundation” with the goal of preserving the African wildlife and ecosystem – Brandts reaction to the escalation of poaching in Africa.
For the first time in Germany, the Stadthaus is presenting an exclusive selection of Nick Brandt's photography. This exhibition has been produced by Fotografiska, the Swedish Museum of Photography in Stockholm, where it attracted more than 220,000 visitors.
Nick Brandt studied painting and film at St. Martins School of Art in London and was a successful director of music videos and advertising films. In the mid-nineties he was shooting in East Africa, where he was immediately fascinated by the African wilderness – and by the animals inhabiting that wilderness.
Opening: Sunday, 19 June 2016, 11am
Introduction by Dr. Raimund Kast
The catalog "Across the Ravaged Land" (Quer durch wüstes Land) is available in the exhibition (68 €)
Guided tours:
Thursday 30 June, 5.30 pm
Sunday 31 July, 11.30 am
Thursday 1 September, 5.30 pm
Sunday 16 October, 11.30 am
3,50 €, children 1,50 €, further children of the family 50 cent each.
Guided tours for groups on work days: 55€ / on Sundays and public holidays: 65€, school classes: 30€
Please inquire for tours by calling 0731 161 7700
Sunday 9 October, 4 pm
Serengeti shall not die
Dokumentary, Bernhard and Michael Grzimek, 1959.
7,50 € incl. 1 cup of coffee and 1 slice of cake
