15 Quotes by Nigel Dennis
- For sure, all over Poland, kids had my picture of a lemur on their bedroom wall - but the chances are they may never get to see a real lemur in Madagascar. I thought this was great and it really meant a lot to me.
- Big game photography in Africa is mainly done from a vehicle, so then I feel I might as well take the lot.
- Currently I am working on another three books, doing a lot of magazine work, am shooting for fifteen stock agencies, plus my own photo library - all this keeps me quite busy!
- Even for an area I know well, I prepare a shooting list of subjects I need.
- I carry a notebook full of sketches of pictures I want to take - they are really scruffy sketches, but at least I am going out there with a clear objective.
- I also like flyfishing - maybe I would have figured a way to make a living out of that?
- I also had a tremendous passion for art and read a lot.
- For the first few years we lived in a tiny rented cottage at the bottom of a friend's garden. We often joked that there was plenty of film in the fridge, but not too much food!
- I think few wives would have encouraged this kind of drastic and reckless career shift!
- I concentrate on the southern African subcontinent.
- In The States I would have no edge, no advantage at all.
- My first serious project was photographing badgers - very, very difficult as they are shy and nocturnal.
- Photography started as a means of getting reference material for my paintings of nature subjects.
- So about twenty years ago I gave up on painting - and got into terrible debt after buying a load of camera gear!
- The Kalahari is brilliant - and easy to visit.
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