Lauri Lynnxe Murphy
Artist / Curator
Miscellaneous Photography

Plastic bubbles in a found bird's nest echo the plastic found in nests and bird stomachs on Midway Island, in the remotest part of the Pacific. Baby birds die because the parents pick plastic to feed them out of the Great Pacific Gyre, where the world's plastic collects and breaks down into smaller and smaller bite-sized pieces. Digital Photo 2014

2011 Digital Photograph This bee, newly born, suffers from K-wing syndrome, a birth deformity that will make it impossible for her to fly. Her sisters had already pushed her from the hive; without them, she cannot survive for any longer than a day.

2011 Digital Photograph through microscope Close up of natural honeycomb, showing the crystalline structure of the tiny plates of wax chewed by mandibles and pressed together into nature's most perfect form.

2012 Digital Photograph Taken in Canal Winchester, Ohio

Microscopic Photograph 2012

Microscopic Photograph 2012

Microscopic Photograph 2014

Microscopic Photograph 2014

Microscopic Photograph 2014