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Aviary III

By Tom Leighton 2021

This series is about the possibilities offered through an abstraction of nature. Here the intricate architecture of a bird is stripped of its context and scale and presented with silent beauty and vulnerability. The original images were taken at a wildlife sanctuary. Now they become monumental, static and lifeless, reminders of both an astonishing evolution and a growing exposure to the threat of climate change and extinction.

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Aviary I

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