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Seahorse - Hippocampus erectus

from Animalia

Photo by Henry Horenstein

“…all this work is expressly low-fi; Horenstein works mostly by himself, at zoos and aquariums. He does this intentionally; he notes that if he went to an aquarium with three assistants, ‘they’d pull me aside in a second’. Horenstein uses 35mm film cameras with macro lenses and Scala (he has a bunch stock-piled in his refrigerator). I questioned Horenstein about his technique and he says he’s developed a ‘variety of really obscure little methods just for this. I like the no big-deal aspect of it; there’s no decisive moment - they’re always going to be swimming around that tank. It’s just a matter of patience.’”

Via Shoot the Blog