In Paradisum
We associate a healthy rainforest with abundance of life and a symbol of this life is the macaw. This beautiful parrot and other members of this species are highly intelligent and can outlive people.
Sadly, almost a third of the world's parrot species is under threat of extinction. Largely due to human activity, parrots have the largest number of threatened species of all bird families. The scarlet macaw is one of the world's most critically endangered parrots.
There are sanctuaries being made for these animals and their numbers are slowly rising. In these portraits of them, I envisioned a small paradise for these beautiful creatures where they can roam free, and find a safe place in our natural world.
In Paradisum I & II · 2023 · 100 × 140 cm each
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Herbarium & menagerie
Species in this work
Every collage is built from my own photographs of real plants and animals. Here they are, named the way a naturalist would: common name, scientific name with its author, and the branch of the tree of life they grow on.
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Classification follows the GBIF Backbone, the IOC World Bird List and APG IV. Where a photograph only allows identification to genus or family, the name stops there.
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