Domesticated: Wild Animals Trapped In Suburbia

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Photographer Amy Stein set out to capture our paradoxical relationship with the "wild" in her series Domesticated. Expertly crafting each photograph based on real news reports and oral history, her photos serve as dioramas of our new natural history.

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The photographs were shot in and around Matamoras, Pennsylvania. It’s a small town that borders a state forest. According to Amy, the location serves as a backdrop to the artificial barriers we construct between us and the natural world.

Images copyright Amy Stein

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04.07.2010
Cassie
I'm hoping that she's attempting to show the unfortunate effects of humanity on wild animals... how our industrialization has taken away their natural habitats, how they are now being forced to adapt to our ways of life, and the destrcution we've caused. And while I get that, and I appreciate her sentiment, most, if not all, of these pictures were photoshopped, and aren't what I would consider good photography. You want beautiful pictures of real animals? Check out a National Geographic.
02.26.2010
Rob Ghrem
Bigtime, you're full of something and it's certainly not perfume. I think those are some amazing pictures of wildlife intruding upon civilization, or is it civilization intruding upon wildlife?
02.26.2010
Bigtime
I reallly believe these photos are a mockery of the United States, and I think the photographer meant them to be - I believe she gave some thought to creativity, however, just not enough. While these issues do exist in the U.S.A (Obesity and waste: The poor birds eating the thrown out McDonalds with the American flag in the background - Freedom?: the hunter trapped in a cage while he shoots at the "free" bird) the images are quite contrived and obvious and are only meant to cause controversy. Afer all, an artist does need to make a living... and what better way to make your name, or some cash, at the expense of defaming the most caring and giving nation to ever exist in the world. I hurt for this nation. I wish it can go back to the true meaning of its roots - sans the slavery and hate, and come out victorious, so that artist like this can remember and revive the greatness, and the splendor that we all still have in our hearts.
02.26.2010
sandy watts
Wow, is that wolf actually howling at a street lamp in place of the moon? Amazing. Sandy www.total-anonymity.cz.tc
02.25.2010
Harriet M
I love these pictures. The very last one's my favorite.
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