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Nick Brandt SINK / RISE

Nick Brandt SINK / RISE

The Day May Break Chapter Three

9/6/2023

SINK / RISE is the third chapter of The Day May Break, an ongoing global series portraying people and animals that have been impacted by environmental degradation and destruction.

The Picture | The Story

The Picture | The Story

Nick Brandt, Wasteland with Elephant, 2015

05/12/2018

An elephant strides across the savannah towards camera. But where a sea of grass once was, all is human garbage.

The original photo of the elephant is a previously unreleased shot taken in 2008. A beautiful bull with the unlikely name of Little Male. He was speared the year after this photo was taken, but survived, and is hopefully still alive in the Amboseli ecosystem in southern Kenya.