Extinct - A Last Glimpse

It is a sad fact, that every day species are disappearing from the surface of our planet. This tableau of 10 individual photographic portraits presents animals that are lost forever due to human action. Out of the deep dark background the animals allow a last eye-contact with the human in front of them.

The animals shown are:

Barbary lion (extinct about 1920); Cuban Macaw (ext. 1885); Laughing owl (ext. 1914); Carolina parakeet (ext. 1927); Passenger pigeon (ext. 1900); Eastern hare-wallaby (ext. 1890); Tasmanian wolf (ext. 1936); Quagga (ext. August 12, 1883); Yunnan lake newt (1984); Apollo francisci (ext. 2000)

The tableau is part of a larger series.

The size of the individual works is from 15 x 15 cm to 50 x 50 cm. The size of the tableau is about 150 x 120 cm.