British - Writer | January 16, 1912 - July 19, 1989
All I really wanted to do was wildlife photography.
Nigel Dennis
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I also had a tremendous passion for art and read a lot.
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I think few wives would have encouraged this kind of drastic and reckless career shift!
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Photography started as a means of getting reference material for my paintings of nature subjects.
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So about twenty years ago I gave up on painting - and got into terrible debt after buying a load of camera gear!
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My first serious project was photographing badgers - very, very difficult as they are shy and nocturnal.
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I concentrate on the southern African subcontinent.
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I would never dream, for example, of going to The States to photograph your wildlife.
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In The States I would have no edge, no advantage at all.
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The Kalahari is brilliant - and easy to visit.
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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!
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Even for an area I know well, I prepare a shooting list of subjects I need.
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