A sharp-eyed lava gull snaps its beak with savagery, grabbing an exhausted baby marine iguana and slamming it into the ground, again-and-again, until it moves no more. Taken on a clear beach in Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.
From the first blinking glimpse of the outside world through the lost sanctuary of their cracked eggshell, marine iguanas are on everyone’s menu. If it isn't devil snakes emerging from hellholes to the tune of an Attenborough narration, then it's the stabbing beaks of feathered lunatics. To persevere, young iguanas must make a break for the freedom of the waves. They must sneak, scamper and weave their way from landmark-to-landmark, in the most important game of hide-and-seek in their lives. Get caught and you’ve got one of two options: freeze, or run like the wind. For the baby iguana in this image, along with several others who found themselves on a barren outstretch of beach that day, luck was not on their side.
Reflections of Death
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A5/A4/A3 prints are printed on high quality matt photographic paper using a professional photo printing service in Sofia, Bulgaria. They are packaged in a protective sleeve with a cardboard backing, which contains a written note of the location of the photograph and my signature.
Stickers are printed on white PVC foil and are laminated to protect them and extend their lifespan.
Postcards are printed on simple low-gloss postcard paper. On the reverse is information about the location of the photograph and an area for writing and placing a stamp.
Books contain 30 of these postcards bound together with a cover and information page. Individual postcards can be removed for sending or displaying using a box cutter/craft knife.