Dead Animals Alive Again By Nick Brandt, Lake Natron, Tanzania

Although he shoots on film, Brandt scans his negatives, and then dodges and burns the images in Photoshop. He doesn't add or clone animals - with great luck and patience, the scenes are as he saw them. Brandt's limited edition prints are of two kinds- Archival Pigment Prints using a wide format inkjet printer, and large Platinum/Palladium prints using giant digitally created contact negatives. His large limited edition prints, up to 60”x80” (150x200cm) in size, have, as of January 2010, sold for up to $85,000. Since 2004, Brandt has had mutiple solo exhibitions worldwide, including in New York, Los Angeles at the Fahey Klein Gallery , London, Berlin, Sydney, Munich, Brussels, and Paris.
Lake Natron
Lake Natron is a salt lake located in northern Tanzania, close to the Kenyan border, in the eastern branch of the East African Rift. The lake is fed by the Southern Ewaso Ng'iro River and also by mineral-rich hot springs. It is quite shallow, less than three metres (9.8 ft) deep, and varies in width depending on its water level, which changes due to high levels of evaporation, leaving behind a mixture of salts and minerals called natron. The surrounding country is dry and receives irregular seasonal rainfall. The lake falls within the Lake Natron Basin Wetlands of International Importance Ramsar Site. Temperatures in the lake can reach 60 °C (140 °F), and depending on rainfall, the alkalinity can reach a pH of 9 to 10.5 (almost as alkaline as ammonia).