All Nigel Dennis Quotes
- Photography started as a means of getting reference material for my paintings of nature subjects. Getting Reference
- Big game photography in Africa is mainly done from a vehicle, so then I feel I might as well take the lot. Africa
- For the first few years we lived in a tiny rented cottage at the bottom of a friend's garden. We often joked that there was… Bottom
- A large wildlife book, start to finish, could take one to two years, but then I would expect to get several good (nature) magazine features… Book
- Currently I am working on another three books, doing a lot of magazine work, am shooting for fifteen stock agencies, plus my own photo library… Agencies
- For sure, all over Poland, kids had my picture of a lemur on their bedroom wall - but the chances are they may never get… All
- I concentrate on the southern African subcontinent. African
- I also like flyfishing - maybe I would have figured a way to make a living out of that? Figured
- So about twenty years ago I gave up on painting - and got into terrible debt after buying a load of camera gear! Ago
- I would never dream, for example, of going to The States to photograph your wildlife. Dream
- All I really wanted to do was wildlife photography. All
- My first serious project was photographing badgers - very, very difficult as they are shy and nocturnal. Badgers
- The Kalahari is brilliant - and easy to visit. Brilliant
- I also had a tremendous passion for art and read a lot. Art
- In The States I would have no edge, no advantage at all. Advantage
- Even for an area I know well, I prepare a shooting list of subjects I need. Area
- I hope to goodness I would not still be working in the corporate world - the money is OK but it is no life at… All
- Close encounters are bad. Bad for the animal, as it causes stress, and bad for me for exactly the same reason. Animal
- Most acts of assent require far more courage than most acts of protest, since courage is clearly a readiness to risk self-humiliation. Acts
- I carry a notebook full of sketches of pictures I want to take - they are really scruffy sketches, but at least I am going… Carry
- I think few wives would have encouraged this kind of drastic and reckless career shift! Career