A fresh look at the laws of nature, in startling, beautiful, and at times unsettling detail. Working with a menagerie of insects and animals she raises in her New York City studio, Catherine Chalmers makes images that ask us to examine the lives we ordinarily overlook. What we find is by turns surprising, humorous, and thought provoking. In the series of photographs that gives the book its title, Chalmers vividly sketches the links between predator and prey, eater and eaten, from plant to insect to amphibian. Against a stark white background, caterpillars eat a tomato, a praying mantis eats a caterpillar, and a frog and a tarantula each eat a praying mantis. Another section, focused on "pinkies" (the pet-trade name for baby mice), shows with chilling clarity that the laws of nature apply equally to mammals as to the so-called "lower" life-forms. A series of photographs of praying mantises mating-during and after which the female devours the male-captures the metaphorical power and strange beauty of this infamous habit. The book includes an essay by the critically acclaimed nature writer Gordon Grice and a provocative interview with Chalmers by Aperture executive editor Michael L. Sand.

Foodchain: Encounters Between Mates, Predators, and Prey

Arts & Photography

Chalmers, Catherine

Photography & Video

Aperture

New Softbound--Brings to the Reader a Fresh Look at the Biblical and Historical Facets at the Foundation of the Age-Long Controversy over the Ten Commandments!!

Food Chain: Encounters Between Mates, Predators and Prey

Aperture / Mass MoCA

Earth's Growing Population (Headline Issues)

Children's Books

Geography & Cultures

Heinemann/Raintree

The population explosion is putting enormous pressure on the world. Farmers cannot produce enough food to feed everyone. Families are living in overcrowded housing. Some people do not have access to clean water. Earth’s Growing Population explores some of the major issues people around the world are facing. Find out about rising unemployment, poor health care, and lack of education. This book also suggests ways in which people can ensure everyone has the same opportunities to live happy, healthy lives.

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