This book combines the photographic themes of nature and death in the most unexpected and macabre way, by photographically documenting the deaths of moths, beetles, and butterflies in glorious black and white images. An essay on the subject by the artist is also included, exploring her motivations about the project.
Haunting black and white photographs of moths, beetles and butterflies, presented alongside an essay by the artist.
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Social and online media campaignA graduate of London College of Printing and the Royal College of Art, Rickett’s work has been the subject of seven solo exhibitions and included in group exhibitions at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, Centre Pompidou, Paris, Winterthur, Switzerland and Moscow Museum of Modern Art.
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This monograph explores the theme of death in insects, giving a unique photographic insight into the animal kingdom.
Sophy Rickett is a graduate of the Royal College of Art, and has been the subject of seven solo exhibitions and included in group exhibitions at the Victoria & Albert Museum, Centre Pompidou, and the Moscow Museum of Modern Art.
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