Africa

a.     What kind of camera did he use?

(He uses a Pentax 67II with only two fixed lenses

b.     What is his reason for taking the photos?

Brandt does not use telephoto lenses because he believes that being close to the animals make a huge difference in his ability to reveal their personality. He writes: "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

c.     What is his hope by taking these types of photos?

What I am interested in is showing the animals simply in the state of Being. In the state of Being before they are no longer are. Before, in the wild at least, they cease to exist

d.     Find something he has to say about Africa and post the quote on your blog

"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.This world is under terrible threat, all of it caused by us. To me, every creature, human or nonhuman, has an equal right to live, and this feeling, this belief that every animal and I are equal, affects me every time I frame an animal in my camera. The photos are my elegy to these beautiful creatures, to this wrenchingly beautiful world that is steadily, tragically vanishing before our eyes.