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Animal logic

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    "A buffalo stands horns to head with a man who is calmly vacuuming the snow-covered plains beneath its feet. A herd of plastic-wrapped zebras surrounds a giraffe, while a man on scaffolding above paints them a lovely trompe l'oeil sky. Photographer Richard Barnes has spent more than ten years documenting the way we assemble, contain, and catalogue the natural world.

    Barnes's behind-the-scenes photographs are haunting reminders that there is nothing natural about a natural history museum.

    Animal Logic, Barnes's first monograph, collects four related species of his photographic work that touch on themes relevant to science, history, archaeology, and architecture. Through his lens sights and objects normally hidden from public view - half-installed dioramas, partially wrapped specimens, anatomical models, exploded skulls, and taxidermied animals in shipping crates - take on a strange beauty."--Inside dust jacket.

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    TR647.B37 BAR (Library of Congress Call Number)

    84098 (Cat ID)

    84025 (Presto content ID)

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