British artist Nick Brandt's exhibition "Dusty Heritage" has opened as a part of the third Fotoistanbul Beşiktaş International Photography Festival. Curated by photo artist Atilla Durak, who is known for his works taken in Pakistan, India, Nepal, Syria, Jordan, Spain, Hungary and Turkey, the exhibition is open to visit at the O'Art in Etiler.Speaking to Anadolu Agency (AA), Durak said Brandt is one of the biggest photographersthat have ever come out of Britain and the artist shows how mankind ruins nature as well as the places that they live in in his photos.Commenting on the artworks displayed at the exhibition, Durak said: "The photos show that the animals in Africa who should be living in their natural habitat are living in a place that has turned into a dump due to the factories nearby. This is a project that makes natural criticism. The artist takes the photos of the animals in their natural habitat and reconstructs the photo by placing these animals in places where they should not be living in order to create a contrast. In other words, he places a photo into a photo. The exhibition criticizes how mankind destructs nature and this is the hottest agenda right now." Durak added that the photographs in the exhibition were printed in the U.S. and brought to Turkey for the display.Odeabank Art Director Özlem Alıcı, on the other hand, said she follows the photography festival and finds it very successful. "It is very nice to hold such a grand scale photography festival. I really wanted to be a part of the festival last year but unfortunately I was unable to attend. I got in touch with our administration to host an exhibition at our bank. God bless them, they did not rejected my proposal. Nick Brandt is a world-renowned artist and a photographer that I love," Alıcı said. Stressing that Brandt is holding an exhibition for the first time in Turkey, Alıcı continued, "This is a very important development. This is the first time that Turkish audiences meet with Brandt's works. Hence, we are very happy to host Brandt and his works at our art gallery." The "nature without wild life" and "nature crisis" themed exhibition is open until Oct. 30.