FABRIZIO SBRANA

Nature

In the Shalbi Desert an abandoned ostrich egg. The illusion that life can continue; 1990
Dead Vlei, Namid Desert, Namibia. This image teaches us what happens when water no longer wets the earth. The Tsauchab River flowed here, but about 900 years ago it changed course and all the trees died.” Vlei” in the local language means “swamp”. We are in a dead swamp. It’s the first image I took when I saw the valley from a hill; 2013
Sunset in the desert. Tunisia, 1983
Traveling to Ghana, flying over the Sahara. That day the light conditions were extraordinary. I took this picture from the plane at 8,000 meters above sea level; 2010
This is what’s left of a large piece of drifting ice in the glacial lagoon of Jokursarlon, Iceland 2015
A whale plunges into Eyjafjordur, Iceland, 2015
The elephant’s trunk has multifunctions, including that of spraying water. Etosha, Namibia 2013
Hyena, Samburu National Park, Kenya, 1990
  • Hyenas used to take meat from Josef.s mouth, in Harare, Ethiopia, 2006
  • Meerkats in Makgadikgadi Pan in Botswana, 2013
  • I was crossing Kruger National Park in South Africa. I saw something under the roadside. A hyena was licking her puppy. She had given birth in a drain pipe; 2013
When at dawn the meerkats wake up, they come out of their dens and watch the arid expanse from every side. There’s great teamwork to protect the group. Makgadikgadi Pan in Botswana, 2013
Leopard; Samburu Nationa Park, Kenya 1990
  • Leopard, Ethosha National Park, Namibia 2013
  • Cheetah in Ethosha National Park, Namibia 2013
  • Cheetahs in Ethosha National Park, Namibia 2013
Cautious zebras watch a lion pass by not far from them, Ethosha National Park, Namibia 2013
Zebras in Ethosha National Park, Namibia 2013
A gnu, ostriches and antelopes drink in a rare pool of water in Ethosha National Park, Namibia 2013
A herd of animals gather around a rare pool of water, Ethosha National Park, Namibia 2013
A giraffe crosses a red-colored track, Tsavo East National Park, Kenya, 1996
  • A lioness feeds her cubs at sunset, Masai Mara National Park, Kenya, 1996
Can you imagine the emotion of watching an ostrich run in front of the jeep with his 8 puppies? Tsavo East National Park, Kenya, 1996
  • Abyssinian crows, Kruger Nationa l Park, South Africa, 2013
A “zunzun”, a colibri with bright colors. Cuba 2016
Arctic tern, Iceland, 2015
Sea eagle, Bogoria National Park, Kenya 1996
Vulture, Masi Mara National Park, Kenya 1996
  • A hawk fisherman took his prey flying over the Ganges, Rishikesh, India 2007
I took this picure in Cuba near Playa Coco. It’s part of a climate project that I’ve been working on for some time; 2016
This is the mouth of the Serchio river at the sunset; it is the place of my childhood and of the evening walks. In the background the chain of the Apuan Alps frames the shot; ’90s
Lianas on the Zambesi River, along the Caprivi road, Namibia, 2013
When I saw this scene I became petrified: two kangaroos embracing each other. I had never imagined. Kangaroo Island, Australia 1993
  • A monitor lizard comes from a termite mound in the desert of southern Ethiopia, 1997





  • A male lizard with gaudy blue, green colors while opening the red jugular sac used in courting
  • Flamingos in Lake Magadi, Kenya, 1997
  • Sea Eagle in Chobe National Park, Botswana, 2013
Puffins in Iceland, Drangey Island, Iceland, 2015
Puffins in Iceland, Drangey Island, Iceland, 2015
Hundreds of thousands of birds: razorbills,uria aalge, sea gulls on the walls of drangey island, Iceland, 2015
Puffins and rizorbills in Drangey Island, Iceland, 2015
Cormorants, Cuba 2016
flamingos in a pond along the way to Cayo Coco, Cuba, 2016
Flamingos at Walvis Bay, Namibia, 2013
Monkey Mia, Australia, 1995
    Blowfish, Red Sea, 1987
    I remember the story of this photo shoot: I was going up from a dive in the Red Sea, in Aqaba, Jordan. I usually leave a shot before going up. And this was the last of the dive; 1987.
    A sea lion returns from the hunt at Cape Cross, Namibia, 2013
    Baboon cleans the hair of his baby, Kenya, 1996
    Two young chacma baboons in Damaraland, Namibia, 2013
    • Chimpanzee in the Chimfunshi orphanage, Zambia, 1994
    • Baboon is sucking, Kenya, 1990
    Pelicans, Lake Chamo, Ethiopia, 1997
    • Just driven’ down from Remedios to Cayo Santa Maria. On the island the vegetation along the sea between the coves hides many animals. A giant crab descends into the water
    A cormorant, a heron who caught a fish, a crocodile about to attack the heron, Chobe River, Botswana, 2013
    A group of Cuban crocodiles (Crocodylus rhombifer) attacks a similar one in the Ciénaga de Zapata National Park , Matanzas province, Cuba, 2016.
    Hippopotamuses in a stream tributary of the Chobe River, Botswana, 2013
    Beach at low tide, Lombadina Mission; Western Australia 2000
    Here more than 10 thousand years ago there was a lake: the lake Makgadikgadi, today there is a wide salt clay; Botswana, 2013
    Chott el Jerid is a salt lake of Tunisia, 2009
    In the Sahara Desert: a dromedary died; 2008
    An antelope died on the shores of Lake Magadi, an alkaline lake in the Rift Valley. The lack of emissaries and the evaporation of water increase the concentration of salts and its surface is completely covered by a layer of crystallized soda; Kenya 1997.
    Vulture in Masai Mara National Park, Kenya 1996
    The outline of the island of Gorgona, in the Tuscan archipelago. A situation of unique light. Black clouds and the sun that is about to rise on the horizon and then disappear until the next day; ’90s
    Rock formations in Hljóðaklettar Park originating from lava erupted from Rauðhólar craters; Iceland 2015
    • Pamukkale in Turkish means “cotton castle”; it is located in south-western Turkey: it has characteristic limestone formations along the slope of the mountain that make the area similar to a cotton fortress or ice falls.; 1986
    • Marble quarries, Carrara, ’90s
    When I arrived at the end of the path, a landscape similar to a lost city, surrounded by ancient legends, presented itself to me. I arrived at Pinnacle Desert in Australia, 1993;
    I was struck by the color and the tuft of dry grass, in the artificial basin of the lake of Vagli, in Tuscany, ’90s.
    The Land of Fire of Iceland, 2015



    • Empty tree. The life is gone



    • Okawango Delta, Botswana, 2013
    A branch of the Okavango River in its delta in Botswana, 2013



    • When I was travelling, I didn’t understand what the huge ball hanging from the electric pole was. All I had to do was get close and watch for a few minutes the comings and goings of the weaver birds to understand that it is a condominium nest. This is not very large, others have impressive size. Namiba, 2013
    • The Masai Mara reserve savannah, 90’s.
    Gigantic succulents in the Sonoran Desert, Northern Mexico, 1992
    A baobab on the edge of the Kalahari in the beautiful African colors of sunset; Botswana, 2013



    • Jökulsárlón is Iceland’s largest lake of glacial origin, 2015.
    The land is boiling in Iceland, 2015
    Sea of Cortez, Baja California, 1992
    Ayers Rock, Australia N.T., 1993
    Group of Icelandic horses, Iceland, 2015
    An oryx enjoys the shade of a tree. Naukluft National Park, Namibia, 2013
    In the Amazon forest many animals become domestic and this monkey has his hammock for rest; Brasil 1991.
    A cokerspaniel faces the window in a village of the Barranca del Cobre, northern Mexico, 1992
    I was very surprised to see how this big plant, Amate (a type of fig tree) could stick to the wall, defying the force of gravity; Batopilas, Northern Mexico, 1992