Beauty in death, little lives lost.

Project Statement

I have an intense fear of moths. I'm not sure where it came from. Perhaps it was the "Bedtime for Frances" book my mom read to me as a young kid. Frances is a badger and is trying to go to sleep. She gets frightened by a moth clumping against her bedroom window.

I started this project many years ago. My dog Lucy has a big stainless steel water bowl outside. One day I found a dragonfly had drowned. It was stunningly beautiful in its death and demanded attention. As the summer progressed more little lives drowned in the bowl, including moths. I'd return to the bowl each morning with my camera.  

Some of the moths and other insects that I found weren't completely dead and my greatest satisfaction was when I lifted them off the water and put them in the sun to dry.