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Catherine Chalmers' Food Chain
by Jennifer Dalton


*Datura and Colorado Beetle* by Eleni Traganas

Animals are definitely harmed in the making of Catherine Chalmers' photographs. Chalmers re-stages the natural actions of predators and prey in the pristine arena of her studio. Focusing her lens on each step up the food chain, the artist might start with a tomato being eaten by crickets, and progress to crickets being eaten by frogs.


*Blighted Spot* by Eleni Traganas

In another series of photographs, she documents tiny newborn mice, called "pinkies," being stalked and eaten by natural predators, frogs and snakes.


*Self* by Fred Bendheim

Each event, both devastating and disgusting, is staged on a crisp white background, highlighting the natural violence of everyday life.


*Rudbeckias and Cryptocephalus Sericeus* by Eleni Traganas

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