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Girls With Taxidermy Animals: I Explore Our Close Relationship With Nature
In my work “Parts of the Earth”, I revisit our relationship with nature. I am attracted to the vulnerability of the human spirit and the spiritual trials we all go through which some of us know we are in and some do not. I am intrigued by the inner battle of complete submission of losing ourselves and our physical trappings to this world and gaining a new life. I am fascinated by the power and beauty of life physically and spiritually. And even when we physically leave this earth our legacy remains.
To create this work, I found several taxidermy collectors throughout the state of Florida. I chose a simple backdrop to feature the beauty of the living models and the preserved animals. I chose to shoot large format film to capture the details of these beautiful creations without distraction. I chose white vintage dresses to represent the purity of the girls and also as a remembrance of the souls that wore them before. The animals have been preserved as a visual legacy.
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YasminPiontek 10 years ago
kinda cool pictures but the fact that those animals are stuffed ruins it somehow, esp. when you can see that they clearly aren´t real ( the owl´s feet for example)
NiamhMcKinney 10 years ago
Good job... Is there a reason that all the names have to be making the girls seem weak?
ErikaMasterson (Post author) 10 years ago
Thank you! I found several collectors with the animals. I shot 4x5 film and then I scan into my computer for final touches! Glad you like them!
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LornaTraves 10 years ago
Gross!! Why would you want to have your picture taken with dead stuffed animals. Go outside find something alive and take some pictures then. There is no beauty in dead animals no matter how you dress it up. Disgusting!!!!!
RenaKoegel 10 years ago
Disgusting really . Thats forsure our relationship with nature . Humans will kill this whole planet . Those pictures say it all.
YasminPiontek 10 years ago
kinda cool pictures but the fact that those animals are stuffed ruins it somehow, esp. when you can see that they clearly aren´t real ( the owl´s feet for example)
NiamhMcKinney 10 years ago
Good job... Is there a reason that all the names have to be making the girls seem weak?
ErikaMasterson (Post author) 10 years ago
Thank you! I found several collectors with the animals. I shot 4x5 film and then I scan into my computer for final touches! Glad you like them!
Load More Replies... LornaTraves 10 years ago
Gross!! Why would you want to have your picture taken with dead stuffed animals. Go outside find something alive and take some pictures then. There is no beauty in dead animals no matter how you dress it up. Disgusting!!!!!
RenaKoegel 10 years ago
Disgusting really . Thats forsure our relationship with nature . Humans will kill this whole planet . Those pictures say it all.
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