From the artist's series "On This Earth", "Elephants Walking through Grass, Amboseli" is a paragon of wildlife photography and is one of the artist's most desirable images. Brandt photographed East African wildlife where he has spent nearly 20 years photographing disappearing animal populations using a medium-format camera. Nick Brandt photographed the herd of elephants at a close range, which required hours of observation. Here, he captures a heard of elephants lead by a forty-four year old matriarch named Marianna, who was killed by poachers just the following year.

Nick Brandt (British, b. 1966) studied Film and Painting from the Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design in London. His close range, black and white images of African wildlife and landscape have garnered him international recognition and is a celebrated activist. Brandt cofounded the Big Life Foundation in 2010, which enforces anti-poaching projects in East Africa. He has exhibited his photography in major solo exhibitions at the Multimedia Museum of Art, Moscow; the Fotografiska Museum, Stockholm; the Salo Art Museum, Finland; the Hangram Art Museum, Seoul; among many other international institutions. Brandt currently lives and works in Southern California.