NEW YORK TIMES : ARTICLE ABOUT NICK BRANDT &amp; BIG LIFE FOUNDATION

New York Times, September 24 :

120924 1 1 New York Times Article About Nick Brandt and Big Life Foundation

Elephant Drinking, Amboseli 2007. Killed by Poachers, 2009

AROUND ONE PARK, A FIGHT TO BLUNT THE GREAT ELEPHANT SLAUGHTER

Nick Brandt is an extraordinary photographer, as you can see by exploring this haunting portrait of Igor, an elephant he encountered in Kenya’s Amboseli National Park in 2007. I learned of Brandt’s work through this interview with the excellent Safari Talk blog.

But Brandt is far more than an image maker. Igor was slaughtered by poachers in 2009, giving extra resonance to a photograph that already speaks of the magnificence of an ancient and wise mammal species. That killing and so many others — driven by the explosive growth in demand for ivory in Asia — led Brandt in 2010 to co-found Big Life Foundation, a nonprofit doing its small part — by raising funds for anti-poaching patrols around the Amboseli ecosystem — to conserve elephants and other targeted wildlife.