05 November 2007

collecting dead birds

I woke up at 4 am today, hungry. While I sat in the dark eating a bowl of cereal, I thought about collecting the dead birds I see. I've seen two in the last two months, and I imagine that if I look for them, they're really everywhere.

I envisioned carrying around: latex gloves (I'm not allergic), baggies of various sizes, a metal scooping device, and a Tupperware container of about 5" x 5" x 3".

I'd like to bring them home, organize their feathers and limbs, and take portraits of them against a solid background. I'd like to have a dead bird series even if I don't know how to taxidermy.

3 comments:

Laurie said...

oooo, look at this one from Amy Stein's series, Domesticated.

Sanguinetti A! said...

She is so amazing.
How on earth does she get this stuff?

Laurie said...

that whole series is incredible