Domesticated: Wild Animals Trapped In Suburbia
By: Dahlia Rideout (View Profile)
Howl
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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.
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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.
Watering Hole
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Amy describes the photographs as “modern dioramas of our new natural history.” It’s a new natural history where both the domestic and the wild aren’t supposed to live harmoniously.
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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.
Trasheaters
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Amy was named one of the top photographers in the world by American Photo magazine and has won numerous prizes for her work.
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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.
New Homes
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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.
In Between
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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.
Backyard
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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.
Fast Food
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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.
Grasp
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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.
High Grass
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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.
Nursery
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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.
Hillside
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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.
Struggle
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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.
Cuttings
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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.
Net
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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.
Prize
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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.
Riverside
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First published February 2010
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