When photographer Nick Brandt found dead animals washed up on the shore of Tanzania's Lake Natron, fully calcified into statues, he posed them for his new photo book, Across the Ravaged Land, and the results are eerily stunning.
Some of the pictures from the book are displayed below.
"No one knows for certain exactly how [these animals] die, but it appears that the extreme reflective nature of the lake’s surface confuses them, causing them to crash into the lake," Brandt, who photographed these calcified animals in 2010 and 2012, writes in his book. "The water has an extremely high soda and salt content, so high that it would strip the ink off my Kodak film boxes within a few seconds. The soda and salt causes the creatures to calcify, perfectly preserved, as they dry."
Since these calcified statues were "rock hard", the photographer couldn't move any parts of the animals for better poses...
Some of the pictures from the book are displayed below.
"No one knows for certain exactly how [these animals] die, but it appears that the extreme reflective nature of the lake’s surface confuses them, causing them to crash into the lake," Brandt, who photographed these calcified animals in 2010 and 2012, writes in his book. "The water has an extremely high soda and salt content, so high that it would strip the ink off my Kodak film boxes within a few seconds. The soda and salt causes the creatures to calcify, perfectly preserved, as they dry."
Since these calcified statues were "rock hard", the photographer couldn't move any parts of the animals for better poses...
- 10/6/2013
- by KW Low
- DreadCentral.com
Wellington, Oct 3: Tanzania's lethal lake Natron turns any animal that touches it into stone, it has been revealed.
The lake, which is a combination of chemicals, can kill almost any living creature that comes in contact with it, Stuff.co.nz reported.
According photographer Nick Brandt, who captured petrified creatures in his new book, 'Across the Ravaged Land', he unexpectedly found birds and bats washed up along the shoreline of Lake Natron in Northern Tanzania.
He said that no one knows for certain exactly how they die, but it appears that the extreme reflective nature of the lake's surface confuses them, and like birds crashing into plate glass windows, they crash into the lake.
Brandt revealed that the.
The lake, which is a combination of chemicals, can kill almost any living creature that comes in contact with it, Stuff.co.nz reported.
According photographer Nick Brandt, who captured petrified creatures in his new book, 'Across the Ravaged Land', he unexpectedly found birds and bats washed up along the shoreline of Lake Natron in Northern Tanzania.
He said that no one knows for certain exactly how they die, but it appears that the extreme reflective nature of the lake's surface confuses them, and like birds crashing into plate glass windows, they crash into the lake.
Brandt revealed that the.
- 10/3/2013
- by Arun Pandit
- RealBollywood.com
Next time your dog destroys a pair of your shoes, remind him of Lake Natron in Northern Tanzania. It's a lake in Africa that turns all animals who come in contact with it to stone, and some of its victims are featured in photographer Nick Brandt's new book, Across the Ravaged Land. According to New Scientist, the lake takes its name from natron, a naturally occurring compound made mainly of sodium carbonate mixed with a dash of baking soda. When animals take a dip in it, they are calcified, like something out of a horror film. To see the shots,...
- 10/2/2013
- PEOPLE.com
Images © Nick Brandt Tanzania's Lake Natron may be the scariest – and deadliest – body of water on Earth. Its combination of chemicals can kill almost any living thing that comes into contact with it... and that's just the beginning of the horror that lies within: this toxic soup actually turns its victims to stone. Artist and photographer Nick Brandt came across a huge number of these petrified animal corpses, which he transformed into a macabre art series collected in his new book, Across the Ravaged Land. Stranger still, Brandt theorizes that these animals were actually lured to their deaths by the lethal lake: the still waters are highly reflective, and may confuse birds, bats and other flying creatures, which then fly straight into them. The lake's extremely high salt content causes the animal corpses to calcify, transforming them into eerie stone statues. Check out more chilling images like these at Brandt's...
- 10/2/2013
- by Gregory Burkart
- FEARnet
Tagline: "Who's Watching Who?" Bad Behavior was previously titled Right Next Door. This film, from first time directors Nicholas Brandt and Lisa Hamil, is set for an October release. The film stars Linda Hamilton and Ted Mcginley. In the film, a babysitter takes on an innocuous job. Zoe (Hallee Hirsh) must look after two teen brothers and a young sister: Tyler (Austin Rogers), Jack (Jeremy Dozier) and Grace (Elsie Fisher). Though, events go sideways when Jack has a psychotic break. There are few routes of escape and Zoe, Tyler and Grace will have to find help, before Jack attacks. Bad Behavior will release on DVD October 22nd, 2013. Film fans can preview the film's trailer below. Release Date: October 22nd, 2013 (DVD). Directors/writers: Nicholas Brandt and Lisa Hamil. Cast: Hallee Hirsh, Austin Rogers, Linda Hamilton and Ted McGinley. The trailer for Bad Behavior (released as Right Next Door): Source: Bad Behavior...
- 9/16/2013
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
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