Lawrence Watson

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Abstract Nature glacier shot. Beautiful green hues. About the artist: Mital Patel is an internationally recognized nature and wildlife photographer who focuses on capturing bea...

Beautiful glacier shot. Beautiful white and blue hues. About the artist: Mital Patel is an internationally recognized nature and wildlife photographer who focuses on capturing ...

Abstract water shot. Beautiful hues of pinks and blues. About the artist: Mital Patel is an internationally recognized nature and wildlife photographer who focuses on capturing ...

Overhead beach shot. Vibrant colors. About the artist: Raffaele Ferrari was born in 1980. After graduating in Psychology at University of Florence, he moved to Barcelona and st...

Abstract Nature shot. Beautiful white, pink and purple hues. About the artist: Mital Patel is an internationally recognized nature and wildlife photographer who focuses on capt...

Beautiful Nature shot of Lion. About the artist: Mital Patel is an internationally recognized nature and wildlife photographer who focuses on capturing beauty in all its forms—wh...

Vibrant Nature shot of smoking volcano. Orange and black hues. About the artist: Mital Patel is an internationally recognized nature and wildlife photographer who focuses on ca...

Overhead beach shot. About the artist: Raffaele Ferrari was born in 1980. After graduating in Psychology at University of Florence, he moved to Barcelona and started working as ...

In this hyper-detailed archival pigment print on watercolor paper, a brown moth with black, beige, white and golden brown details on is dramatic against a solid white background. E...

17" x 22" edition of 7 + 2 AP $1,400 unframed 24" x 36" edition of 7 + 2 AP $2,800 unframed Combining the documentary style of my previous climate project, The Witness Tree, with my earlier narrative fictional approach, I photograph paper cutouts (from appropriated online images) of climate-threatened birds. I place the cutouts within the birds’ current habitats so that they look real, but upon inspection, reveal themselves to be photos within photos—the gaze within the gaze upon nature—as actual birds recede into marginal zones of survival. The images are meant to disrupt the casual gaze, disarming the expectations of nature photography, leaving viewers disturbed and curious. Divergence of Birds (2017-current) A large-scale, long-term, multimedia conceptual project about the threat of species extinction on birds in North America . My current climate project, Divergence of Birds, takes inspiration from two texts: The Audubon Society’s “Birds and Climate Change Report” which projects that, by 2080, climate change will affect the range of habitat of over half of North American birds; and Phillip K. Dick’s 1968 novel, “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” where electric versions of once-commonplace animals are so realistic that they fool even veterinarians. Divergence of Birds addresses the prospect that, one day, only simulacra of climate-impacted animals will be left. Combining the documentary style of my previous climate project, The Witness Tree, with my earlier narrative fictional approach, I’m photographing paper cutouts (from appropriated online photos) of the nearly 400 climate-threatened birds. I place the cutouts within the birds’ current habitats so that they look real, but upon inspection, reveal themselves to be photos within photos—the gaze within the gaze upon nature—as actual birds recede into marginal zones of survival. The images disrupt the casual gaze, disarming expectations of nature photography leaving viewers disturbed and questioning. Audiences will then be invited, through interactive workshops, to participate in climate activism. The full project when completed will include over 400 photos representing the climate-threatened birds, video, soundscape, "memento mori" images in vintage photo cases...