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Series Title: Ornithological Photographs

Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua)

2012

Todd Forsgren

(American, b. 1981)
Culture
Medium
inkjet print
Measurements
Framed: 71.1 x 88.9 cm (28 x 35 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Artist 2020.314
Copyright
© Todd Forsgren
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print
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Did You Know?

To survey bird populations, ornithologists catch them temporarily in nets.

Description

Todd Forsgren created photographic portraits of the subjects of such surveys by creating makeshift studios that set the nets against white seamless backgrounds. The ensnared birds’ positions are often unnatural and to the viewer, disturbing. The artist hopes that the bird’s brief discomfort will spur the viewer to consider larger issues that threaten the survival of these species.

Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua)

2012

Todd Forsgren

(American, b. 1981)

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