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Light

The same subjects turned toward the source: form described by illumination rather than concealed by it.

24 plates

Folded In — The bird curls into itself, white on white, with only a bill and one dark eye to anchor it. — Plate I

Folded In

The bird curls into itself, white on white, with only a bill and one dark eye to anchor it.
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Vermilion — Head tucked away, the picture belongs entirely to the red of the wing coverts. — Plate II

Vermilion

Head tucked away, the picture belongs entirely to the red of the wing coverts.
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Recumbent — A resting body reduced to a long horizontal of white with a seam of colour running through. — Plate III

Recumbent

A resting body reduced to a long horizontal of white with a seam of colour running through.
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Feather Map — Close enough that the plumage stops being a bird and becomes a landscape of overlapping edges. — Plate IV

Feather Map

Close enough that the plumage stops being a bird and becomes a landscape of overlapping edges.
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Crossed Legs — Balanced on crossed legs in an empty white field, the body made almost weightless. — Plate V

Crossed Legs

Balanced on crossed legs in an empty white field, the body made almost weightless.
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Over the Shoulder — The neck reaches back across the body, drawing a loop that closes on itself. — Plate VI

Over the Shoulder

The neck reaches back across the body, drawing a loop that closes on itself.
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Plate VII

Profile

A head in pure profile: the pink of the bill, the black tip, the pale ring of the eye.

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Two Necks — One bird faces us and another curves away behind it — a portrait and its own echo. — Plate VIII

Two Necks

One bird faces us and another curves away behind it — a portrait and its own echo.
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Ascending — A line of birds climbs across an otherwise empty frame, black wingtips beating. — Plate IX

Ascending

A line of birds climbs across an otherwise empty frame, black wingtips beating.
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Geometry — Neck, thigh and shin arranged into a set of angles that could have been drafted. — Plate X

Geometry

Neck, thigh and shin arranged into a set of angles that could have been drafted.
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On One Leg — The familiar posture stripped of any setting: one leg, one long neck, nothing else. — Plate XI

On One Leg

The familiar posture stripped of any setting: one leg, one long neck, nothing else.
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Wet Sand — A faint reflection is the only thing separating the bird from the white ground. — Plate XII

Wet Sand

A faint reflection is the only thing separating the bird from the white ground.
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Drinking — The bill breaks the surface and lifts again, taking a few beads of water with it. — Plate XIII

Drinking

The bill breaks the surface and lifts again, taking a few beads of water with it.
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Colonnade — A wading group seen at leg height, the limbs standing in for columns. — Plate XIV

Colonnade

A wading group seen at leg height, the limbs standing in for columns.
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The Meeting — Two necks curve toward one another and, for a moment, close a shape between them. — Plate XV

The Meeting

Two necks curve toward one another and, for a moment, close a shape between them.
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Crossing — Two birds pass, their necks crossing at exactly the height of their eyes. — Plate XVI

Crossing

Two birds pass, their necks crossing at exactly the height of their eyes.
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The Hook — A single neck bends back on itself until the head hangs level with the breast. — Plate XVII

The Hook

A single neck bends back on itself until the head hangs level with the breast.
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Passing Overhead — A small bird crosses an empty sky, given the whole frame in which to be small. — Plate XVIII

Passing Overhead

A small bird crosses an empty sky, given the whole frame in which to be small.
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Waterline — Low to the surface, the bird and its reflection meet along a single unbroken line. — Plate XIX

Waterline

Low to the surface, the bird and its reflection meet along a single unbroken line.
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Pelican — A brown pelican in full frame, the long bill running most of the height of the picture. — Plate XX

Pelican

A brown pelican in full frame, the long bill running most of the height of the picture.
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The Pouch — Closer still: the hinge of the bill, the loose skin of the pouch, the eye set far forward. — Plate XXI

The Pouch

Closer still: the hinge of the bill, the loose skin of the pouch, the eye set far forward.
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In Breeding Plumage — A great egret in season — the lores turn green and the bill orange, for a matter of weeks. — Plate XXII

In Breeding Plumage

A great egret in season — the lores turn green and the bill orange, for a matter of weeks.
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Head On — A caiman seen from directly above, symmetrical to the millimetre. — Plate XXIII

Head On

A caiman seen from directly above, symmetrical to the millimetre.
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Antlers in Bracken — Fog, dead bracken and two antler tips: the only evidence that a stag is there at all. — Plate XXIV

Antlers in Bracken

Fog, dead bracken and two antler tips: the only evidence that a stag is there at all.
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