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title: "2 Elegy Quotes By Nick Brandt"
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> [My images are unashamedly idyllic and romantic, a kind of enchanted Africa. They're my elegy to a world that is steadily, tragically vanishing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-brandt/my-images-are-unashamedly-idyllic-and-romantic-a-kind-of-enchanted/)

[Nick Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-brandt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/175/nick-brandt-60021_elegy_my-images-are-unashamedly-idyllic-and-ro_44530.jpg)

> [I want my images to achieve two things in this regard - to be an elegy to a world that is tragically vanishing, to make people see what beauty is disappearing. Also, to try and show that animals are sentient…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-brandt/i-want-my-images-to-achieve-two-things-in-this-regard-to-be-an-elegy/)

[Nick Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-brandt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f03/nick-brandt-60021_achieve_i-want-my-images-to-achieve-two-things-i_459653.jpg)

## More by Nick Brandt

> [My images are unashamedly idyllic and romantic, a kind of enchanted Africa. They're my elegy to a world that is steadily, tragically vanishing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-brandt/my-images-are-unashamedly-idyllic-and-romantic-a-kind-of-enchanted/)

[Nick Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-brandt/)

> [You wouldn't take a portrait of a human being from a hundred feet away and expect to capture their spirit; you'd move in close.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-brandt/you-wouldn-t-take-a-portrait-of-a-human-being-from-a-hundred-feet/)

[Nick Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-brandt/)

> [Few photographers have ever considered the photography of wild animals, as distinctly opposed to the genre of Wildlife Photography, as an art form. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-brandt/few-photographers-have-ever-considered-the-photography-of-wild/)

[Nick Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-brandt/)

> [I want my images to achieve two things in this regard - to be an elegy to a world that is tragically vanishing, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-brandt/i-want-my-images-to-achieve-two-things-in-this-regard-to-be-an-elegy/)

[Nick Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-brandt/)

> [I want to get a real sense of intimate connection with each of the animals - with that particular lion or elephant in front…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-brandt/i-want-to-get-a-real-sense-of-intimate-connection-with-each-of-the/)

[Nick Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-brandt/)

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