Nick Brandt:
The Day May Break

Chapter Four, The Echo of Our Voices (Jordan, 2024), is on view at the Galerija Fotografija gallery.

In cooperation with Galerija Fotografija and WILLAS Contemporary

A major exhibition by one of the greatest environmental photographers of our time, Nick Brandt (1964). 

The Day May Break is the first part of a global series portraying both people and animals that have been impacted by environmental degradation and destruction. The series was shot in different locations around the world – countries that are the least polluting but the most climate vulnerable. The first two chapters were photographed in Kenya, Zimbabwe (2020) and Bolivia (2022), while SINK and RISE, dedicated exclusively to humans, was shot in Fiji. Photographed underwater, the local people in these photographs are representatives of the many people whose homes, land and livelihoods will be lost in the coming decades as the sea level rises.

But despite their losses, the subjects – both people and animals – have nevertheless survived; and thus the series also offers hope and a possibility for the future. 

Nick Brandt (1964) was born and raised in London, where he originally studied painting and film at Saint Martin’s School of Art. 
While directing Michael Jackson's epic Earth Song video in Tanzania in 1995, Nick fell in love with animals and the East African land. 
A few years later he began his first photographic series, On This Earth (2000–05), which comprises a trilogy together with the later series, A Shadow Falls (2009) and Across the Ravaged Land (2013). 
On This Earth was published in a book form in 2005 with introductions by the conservationist and primatologist Jane Goodall, author Alice Sebold, and photography critic Vicki Goldberg.
Later series, Inherit the Dust (2016) and This Empty World (2019), were all also photographed in East Africa. 
In 2010, Brandt co-founded Big Life Foundation, a non-profit in Kenya/Tanzania that employs more than 350 local rangers protecting 1.6 million acres of the Amboseli/Kilimanjaro ecosystem. 
His photographs focus on the impact of environmental destruction and climate breakdown, for both some of the most vulnerable people and for the animal and natural world.
Since 2020, he has been working on The Day May Break, an ongoing global series that portrays people and animals impacted by climate change and environmental destruction. Chapter One (2021) was photographed in Kenya and Zimbabwe, Chapter Two (2022) in Bolivia. SINK / RISE, Chapter Three (2023) was taken in Fiji, and The Echo of Our Voices, Chapter Four (2024) in Jordan.
Brandt has had solo gallery and museum shows around the world, including New York, London, Berlin, Stockholm, Shanghai, Oslo, Paris and Los Angeles. 
His photographs form part of numerous public and private collections.
 

Admission 
Adult ticket: EUR 10/person 
Reduced admission: EUR 7/person (for visitors aged under 25 and 65+)
Free admission: children under 10, holders of EU Disability Card. persons accompanying disabled people, tourist guides, unemployed persons, as well as ICOM, PRESS, SMD card holders.

Public guided tour: admission fee, NO surcharge for guided tour 

Adult groups (10 or more persons):
Guided tour: admission + EUR 25 (surcharge for the tour)
School visits (10 or more persons): 
Admission: EUR 5/person
Guided tour: admission + EUR 20 (surcharge for the tour)

Books
Nick Brandt: The Day May Break, Chapter One: EUR 60 
Nick Brandt: The Day May Break, Chapter Two: EUR 56 
Nick Brandt: The Day May Break, Chapter Three: EUR 56 
15% discount on the three-book set