Butterfly Effect
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Extinctions: Photo Essay
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The interconnectedness of life and death
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A photographic exploration of the meaning and impermanence of death and extinction
Butterfly Effect
The butterfly is a symbol of the inherent chaos of our world , and the constant flux of time. A butterfly can flap its wings and cause a tsunami on the other side of the world. The death of a butterfly could change the course of history forever, but how would we ever know?
Ammonite
Fossils are representative of deep time. This ammonite draws us down and down, a descending staircase into a prehistoric world humans are incapable of understanding.
Bison Skulls
A monument to death. Too many skulls to properly comprehend the slaughter that took place show how close we came to exterminating yet another species, and the tenacity of life and it's ability to recover from even human-induced disaster.
Dead Thylacine
Here, however, a single dead animal shows the death of an entire species. A hunter proudly displays his trophy , and in this image we can see the last of an entire family of unique creatures.
Chaos Theory
But fossils, death, extinction, these are all dependent on our understanding of time as linear, as inflexible, as unchanging. But the world is chaos and existence isn't limited to the three dimensions humans are capable of understanding. To presume so would be the height of human arrogance. The past and future influence the present, and death and extinction are merely the result of our limited viewpoint.
