38 Quotes by Nigel Dennis

For the first few years we lived in a tiny rented cottage at the bottom of a friend's garden. We often joked that there was plenty of film in the fridge, but not too much food!

Big game photography in Africa is mainly done from a vehicle, so then I feel I might as well take the lot.

I also had a tremendous passion for art and read a lot.

I also like flyfishing - maybe I would have figured a way to make a living out of that?

I think few wives would have encouraged this kind of drastic and reckless career shift!

I would never dream, for example, of going to The States to photograph your wildlife.

The Kalahari is brilliant - and easy to visit.

A large wildlife book, start to finish, could take one to two years, but then I would expect to get several good (nature) magazine features off the back of this, plus of course a lot of stock.

One thing you learn fast, when working freelance, is that lots of things do not pan out - projects get canned, clients don't pay, and so on.