Bee: Rose-Lynn Fisher - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1616890762 ISBN 13: 9781616890766

Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press, 2012

Synopsis

Bee is a book of photographs in magnifications ranging from 10x to 5000x. Presenting views of the bee's eyes, wings, antennae, hair, sting and more. Bee aims to inspire surprise, curiosity and awe through the unique perspective provided by scanning electron microscopy, melding art and science in these images. When our frame of reference is shifted, the interplay of observation and imagination can inspire new ideas, connections and applications. People are generally very surprised by these images, and actually stop to look and consider them. Children, who often love insects, are fascinated by seeing what a bee looks like very close-up. This is therefore surprisingly a family book, as well as a book for photographers, artists, designers, gardeners, environmentalists, engineers, architects, those interested in bio- design and bio-mimicry. From the author: I believe that by seeing what exists in the micro world we may become more sensitised, mindful and caring about our familiar daily realm. My hope is that Bee will stimulate greater appreciation for the bees, more interest in learning about bees and learning from them too. We easily lose sight of our dependence on bees. Who thinks to thank the bees for our orange juice? For pollinating the blossoms of all the plants that produce our food supply; one of every three bites we take is dependent on bee pollination! Or to stop a moment and consider that bees must draw the nectar of more than two million flowers to make just one pound of honey?

About this title

About the Author

Rose-Lynn Fisher is an artist working in photography and mixed-media. Her work deals with parallel elements or realities meeting at a threshold. This can be a structural threshold or a conceptual one. To Rose, it's all about juxtaposition in one way or another: finding abstraction in concrete reality, the interface of science and art, light emerging from darkness, patterns and boundlessness in space and time, ironic situations, people on the verge of transition, the experience of ‘other’ here. Her education includes a blend of university, art school, computer programming school, computer graphics school and independent pursuit. Her work reflects a diversity of themes, metaphors and curiosity, about life, travel, people and traditions of different cultures, throughout the U.S., Morocco, Israel, Italy, France, Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, England, Ireland, Scotland, Costa Rica.

From the Back Cover

Of the ten million or so different species of insects on our planet, none is more fascinating than the honeybee. Magnified hundreds to thousands of times with a high resolution scanning electron microscope, honeybees become architectural masterpieces an elegant fusion of form and function. Now available in paperback, Bee presents sixty astonishing photographs of honeybee anatomy in magnifications ranging from 10x to 5000x. Rendered in stunning detail, these photographs uncover the strange beauty of the honeybee's pattern, form, and structure. Comprising 6,900 hexagonal lenses, their eyes resemble the structure of a honeycomb. The bee's six-legged exoskeleton is fuzzy with hairs that build up a static charge as it flies in order to electrically attract pollen. Wings clasp together with tiny hooks, and a double-edged stinger resembles a serrated hypodermic needle. These visual discoveries, made otherworldly through photographer Rose-Lynn Fisher's lens, expand the boundaries of our thinking about the natural world and stimulate our imaginations.

Edition details

• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1616890762
• ISBN 13: 9781616890766
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128