Science Comedian

The Secret Life of Flies

February 22nd, 2010

If you know me, you know I like my insect pho­tog­ra­phy. I pri­mar­ily shoot (and release) live insects. But who amongst us hasn’t seen a dead bug pos­ing while repos­ing in death and felt the need to cap­ture that macabre Kodak moment?  If my eyes are the only eyes of the uni­verse to observe this detail, am I not oblig­ated to record it?

Any­way, that’s how I feel about it.  So, I’ve shot a few dead flies.

But this guy at Muhr Pho­tog­ra­phy takes it to a new level, com­bin­ing real live dead flies with sim­ple line draw­ings. And I think they’re hilar­i­ous. I applaud the idea and the exe­cu­tion.  I’m jealous!

After you start the slideshow – click the icon in the lower left cor­ner to make it big­ger so you can see the titles  (in some cases, it helps you appre­ci­ate the image).  Or you can see this gallery and oth­ers here.