Wild Beasts

by Nicolas Bruant

Book Overview

Book by Bruant, Nicolas This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811804909
• ISBN13: 9780811804905
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Chronicle Books (CA)
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 13.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

The beauty of the beasts

French photographer Bruant's black and white portraits of African animals invite the eye to linger. At first glance we marvel at textures and moods and the artistry of capturing a single instant's energy. But a longer perusal calls attention to the incomprehensible otherness of animals while zeroing in on the common nature of all animal life. Bruant returned to Africa over a period of 20 years. "Little by little, I understood certain things: that the most interesting way to photograph a wild cat is to emphasize its gaze rather than its body; whereas, in the case of hippopotamuses and impalas, the reverse is true." He captures animals in the acts of doing what they do - drinking at water holes, eating, capturing prey, threatening one another and proclaiming their power. Often he gets very close - photographing a crocodile so only a portion of its toothed snout and one eye are visible - or falls back to show the immensity of herd on plain. The page is dedicated entirely to the photograph. Captions are in the back of the book, accompanied by small reprints of the photos referred to. The captions offer a general description of the animal and its habits and habitat and a specific description of the circumstances in which it was taken. This is a beautiful book that both animal and photography lovers will turn to time and again.