A world of life in a single cubic foot
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 8:34 am
A world of life in a single cubic foot
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/ ... ttschwager
Photographer David Liittschwager captures the beauty of biodiversity by placing a cube in a variety of habitats and recording whatever moves through it. The fate of humanity may depend on these micro-environments
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One of the green cubic-foot frames was placed over a decaying log in Central park, New York. Photograph: David Liittschwager
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/ ... ttschwager
Photographer David Liittschwager captures the beauty of biodiversity by placing a cube in a variety of habitats and recording whatever moves through it. The fate of humanity may depend on these micro-environments
Click on image to see its original size
One of the green cubic-foot frames was placed over a decaying log in Central park, New York. Photograph: David Liittschwager
Liittschwager, primarily a portrait photographer, had the idea of taking a one-cubic-foot metal frame and recording what moved through this habitat over the course of a day and night. He then made portraits of the life that could be seen with the naked eye.
.A whole, unknown world was found when the cube was suspended from the branch of a tree in Costa Rica's rainforest. This time, 145 species – birds, mammals, mosses, bromeliads and epiphytes – were recorded.