Photographer Shoots Life-Size Animal Prints in Destroyed Habitats
To highlight human destruction of animal habitats in East Africa, photographer Nick Brandt shot giant panoramas of life-size animal prints in their former habitats. The project is titled Inherit the Dust.
After shooting multiple photos of each location with a 6×7 Mamiya film camera, Brandt stitched the images together in post-production to create epic panoramas. In this way, the animals are presented as ghosts in a barren, human-dominated landscape. Here are some more photos from the project:
Inherit the Dust has been published as a 124-page hardcover photo book, and it’s on display at the Edwynn Houk Gallery in New York through April 30th, 2016. The Fahey/Klein Gallery Gallery in Los Angeles will also be running a show starting March 24th.
You can find more of Brandt’s work over on his website.