I’m well acquainted with the bugs that annoy, hurt, surprise, look scary, put on big displays, or make my house their own. But, as it turns out, these are the exceptions. A vast number of bugs operate, as best they can, independently of our structures, rules, customs and dismissive attitudes. Many are too small to seem to matter much. But, as I have discovered, they do matter and are everywhere - not unlike the pandemic virus which has limited this summer’s explorations to my immediate neighborhood; a close suburb of Chicago, on Lake Michigan which includes a large cemetery.
Photography is a technology which encourages us to see what’s right there. For these pictures, I use a macro lens to peer into the cloud of fantastic and exotic life everywhere around us - the bugs.
William Harper - December 2020
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