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Alex Wild is an Illinois-based entomologist who studies the evolutionary history of ants. In 2003 he founded a photography business as an aesthetic complement to his scientific work, and his natural history photographs appear in numerous museums, books, and media outlets. Follow on Twitter @myrmecos.
Alex Wild is an Illinois-based entomologist who studies the evolutionary history of ants. In 2003 he founded a photography business as an aesthetic complement to his scientific work, and his natural history photographs appear in numerous museums, books, and media outlets. Follow on Twitter @myrmecos.
Thrifty Thursdays feature photographs taken with equipment costing less than $500.
we must dismantle all this
Easy-clean surfaces are tough on bar bathroom graffiti. Scrawlings that aspire to permanence retreat to the tiny writable spaces between the tiles. It’s a natural selection of sorts.
This particular message was inscribed above a urinal in Urbana, Illinois. As this was not a place I normally hang around with professional SLR gear, my iPhone 4S came to the rescue.
About the Author: Alex Wild is an Illinois-based entomologist who studies the evolutionary history of ants. In 2003 he founded a photography business as an aesthetic complement to his scientific work, and his natural history photographs appear in numerous museums, books, and media outlets. Follow on Twitter @myrmecos.
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