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Extinct & Endangered
Insects in Peril
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Extraordinary images by master macro photographer Levon Biss capture a vanishing world of insects from the collections of the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
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 colour—a world invisible to our naked eyes. The result is a book that insists on the momentous significance of these small, mostly unknown creatures.
Extinct & Endangered is a powerful reminder of the beauty and fragility of the insect world, captured through Biss's lens in stunning detail.
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ISBN: 9781419759635
Publisher: Abrams
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 08 December 2022
Country: United States
Imprint: Abrams
Illustration: 80 color photographs
Contributors:
- By Levon Biss
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 254.0mm
Height: 302.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 144
About the Author
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. The Division of Invertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, with 24 million specimens, focuses on developing the collection, field research, and laboratory studies.
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