"Lepidoptera Portraits"  Photographs / Information

“LEPIDOPTERA PORTRAITS”, is a portrait photography project. This series of images approaches photographing butterflies and moths in a broader than just natural history context. In this series butterflies and moths are shown using the means and aesthetics that are normally used photographing portraits of people. The basic approach is a neutral background and studio lighting in a miniature studio custom designed for these small scale figures.

This body of work explores the facial expressions and emotions of these subjects and the viewers response to seeing these insects in this unusual context. Most of the images in the series are individual portraits, some are pictures of couples and group portraits.

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