Africa and Abandoned Theme Parks

I think that the fact that people hunt these animals is horrible and that their natural beauty should be preserved. These animals don't deserve to be poached and hunted for, they should be able to live peacefully in their natural habitats. Nick Brandt tries to capture their beauty and the simplicity of the life that the animals live. He is fascinated by the landscape and animals in East Africa.

This picture is my favorite because the lion is by itself and is so different than the pictures of a pack of lions or two of them. It gives of a different vibe than a lot of the other pictures because the lion's back is turned to the camera and there isn't anything else in the background, so the subject is clear.

This picture shows rule of thirds because the lion, who is the subject, is off to the right of the picture creating the idea that the lion is admiring the beauty of the land.

Nick Brandt uses a Pentax 6711 with only two fixed lenses and he photographs on medium-format black and white film without telephoto or zoom lenses. This important because he has an iconic way that he shoots and styles his pictures.

Nick takes these photos to capture the natural beauty of East Africa and show the animals "simply in the state of being," (Brandt)

He hopes to help people realize that the animals are in danger and their natural land and beauty should be preserved, and he wants to capture their beauty. He takes these pictures to show the animals in their natural habitats, like they should be.
"There is something profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East and southern Africa." (Brandt)

1. Tell me which amusement park featured in the two articles that you would like to visit and take your camera along and what about that park made you want to go there. Write at least a paragraph.

I would like to go to Pypiat, Ukraine because it 


3. Think of at least FIVE other unusual places you think would be of interest to photographers. List them.

4. Use google or another search engine to research ONE of your five places and see if anyone has already started documenting that place. If you find that someone has already started - post at least one photo of their work.

5. Write a paragraph about why you think that it would be fun to document that location. Tell me what interests you about that place and what kind of photos you could expect to take there.

6. Tell me what it would take for you to go and take photos at your location. What would you need as far as equipment goes, travel plans, expenses you might encounter and what laws you would have to take into consideration to take photos at your spot.