“Wolf Ademeit’s world-class collection of photography simply titled “Animals” represents a unique and distinctive body of work. Rather than focus on traditional wildlife images of animals in their natural habitats, Wolf Ademeit spent five years, painstakingly spent watching the movements and facial expressions of animals in zoos around his native Germany. The results of his patience and the creative eye were not simply to create a pictorial documentary of animals but to create an emotive series of animal portraits each set against a black background, which exquisitely shows the majesty, expressions and human-like qualities of these endangered animals. The Brett Gallery has curated an exclusive, limited edition collection of Wolf Ademeit finest “animal portraits” with are available in a range of sizes to suit every wall. These beautifully framed images have amazing presence, each one of which makes a statement piece of art. Every image in our “Animals” collection comes with the exclusive Brett Gallery leather and embossed certificate of authenticity personally signed by Wolf Ademeit. We trust you will enjoy these imposing images as much as we have compiled this truly unique collection of animal portraiture. “

– Paul Brett, Director

Wolf Ademeit Biography

Wolf Ademeit was born in Oberhausen, and grew up in NRW, Germany. He started photography during his lithographic education. In 2007 he started to photograph zoo animals for the ANIMALS series. The black background and the artistic representation of the animals in black and white are his trademark. This image style has inspired many photographers and is now also used by many other animal photographers worldwide. Artists use his pictures as a template for drawings, paintings and tattoos. His pictures are used as illustrations, magazine title pages, book covers and advertising. An exhibition in Milano, Italy, fostering the Elephant Action League, which protects elephants in Africa, provided in 2016 a five-digit proceeds to protect the animals.

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