Des images extraordinaires du maître photographe macro Levon Biss capturent un monde d'insectes en voie de disparition dans les collections de l'American Museum of Natural History de New York Les insectes sont à la fois nos congénères les plus familiers et les plus mystérieux. Ils semblent indestructibles, mais à l'échelle mondiale, des espèces d'insectes disparaissent tranquillement dans la sixième extinction de masse que subit la vie sur Terre aujourd'hui. Ce projet conjoint du photographe Levon Biss et de l'American Museum of Natural History contient des images indélébiles de 40 espèces éteintes ou en voie de disparition dans la collection du musée, sélectionnées parmi ses vastes collections par une équipe de scientifiques. Ils vont de vieux amis en péril comme le papillon monarque et la coccinelle à neuf points au lointain phasme de l'île Lord Howe d'Australie, que l'on croyait éteinte pendant la majeure partie du 20e siècle jusqu'à ce qu'une petite population soit découverte et élevée en captivité en 2001. Tous ont été envoyés au studio de Biss, où il a créé des portraits imposants qui peuvent être agrandis 300 fois grandeur nature pour révéler des détails vifs sur une pleine page de forme et de couleur - un monde invisible à nos yeux nus. Le résultat est un livre qui insiste sur la signification capitale de ces petites créatures, pour la plupart inconnues.
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Levon Biss is widely regarded as the leading macro photographer of his generation. With an unmatched mastery of technique and lighting, he builds his massive images by digitally combining thousands of photographs. Biss is the creator of the book and exhibition Microsculpture: Portraits of Insects (2017), which has toured to 20 countries, and The Hidden Beauty of Seeds & Fruits (2021). He lives in London.
Insects are at once our most familiar fellow animals and the most mysterious. They appear to be indestructible, but globally, insect species are quietly disappearing in the sixth mass extinction that life on Earth is undergoing today. This joint project of photographer Levon Biss and the American Museum of Natural History contains indelible images of 40 extinct or endangered species in the museum's collection, selected from its vast holdings by a team of scientists. They range from imperiled old friends like the monarch butterfly and the nine-spotted ladybug to the remote Lord Howe Island stick insect of Australia, thought to be extinct for most of the 20th century until a tiny population was discovered and bred in captivity in 2001. All were sent to Biss's studio, where he created commanding portraits that can be enlarged 30 times lifesize to reveal vivid full-page details of form and color--a world invisible to our naked eyes. The result is a book that insists on the momentous significance of these small, mostly unknown creatures.
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