The Death of a Beautiful Subject - Hardcover

by Sophy Rickett (Photographer)

This book combines the photographic themes of nature and death in the most unexpected and macabre way, by photographically documenting the deaths of moths, beetles, and butterflies in glorious black and white images. An essay on the subject by the artist is also included, exploring her motivations about the project.

Author Biography

A graduate of London College of Printing and the Royal College of Art, Rickett's work has been the subject of seven solo exhibitions and included in group exhibitions at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, Centre Pompidou, Paris, Winterthur, Switzerland and Moscow Museum of Modern Art.