Inspired by Anna Atkins’s first book of cyanotypes, the Bestiola Collection is a photographic record of little beasts, equivalent in its purpose to the Natural History Museum’s specimen collection.
Originals featured in my book Bestiola Collectio.
Bestiola 1
Photogram
Experimental Pigment Print
Original Print
21 x 27 cm (8.1/4 x 10.1/2 in)
Bestiola 2
Photogram
Experimental Pigment Print
Original Print
21 x 27 cm (8.1/4 x 10.1/2 in)
Bestiola 3
Photogram
Experimental Pigment Print
Original Print
21 x 27 cm (8.1/4 x 10.1/2 in)
Bestiola 4
Photogram
Experimental Pigment Print
Original Print
21 x 27 cm (8.1/4 x 10.1/2 in)
Bestiola 5
Photogram
Experimental Pigment Print
Original Print
21 x 27 cm (8.1/4 x 10.1/2 in)
Bestiola 6
Photogram
Experimental Pigment Print
Original Print
21 x 27 cm (8.1/4 x 10.1/2 in)
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Maria-Aurelia Riese , Hurston Studio Collective
Pulborough, West Sussex
United Kingdom
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