the posed compositions reanimate the lifeless animals, alive again in death. for his monochrome portraits, brandt carefully removes the found birds from the water and places them in living positions, perching them on branches, and arranging them as floating figures on the stagnant shore. The mummified species are the eerie aftermath of nature’s nightmarish unpredictability. brandt notes that the chemical level was so extreme, that while he was capturing the images, the ink stripped off his kodak film boxes within just a few seconds. the waterway contains a deadly chemical composition - a very high soda and salt content - which causes any creature who dares to dip in to die, calcify, and remain perfectly preserved as they dry.
the animals had washed up along the shoreline of the lethal lake natron, a salt lake located near the kenyan border. While traveling northern tanzania for a pictorial journey of east africa, british photographer nick brandt unexpectedly came upon a number dead birds and bats that appeared to be made out of stone. Image © nick brandt 2013 / courtesy of hasted kraeutler gallery, NY The caustic lake has another strange quality: it appears to turn animals. Does Lake Natron turn you into stone Bright-red Lake Natron in Tanzania may not look inviting enough to take a dip and thats a good thing: its water is extremely alkaline. Lethal lake natron calcifies animals into stone-like corpses A pocket of magma lies underneath creating carbonic acid and making Lake Nyos highly dangerous.
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