Pheromone

Always completely enchanted by butterflies - these delicate, ethereal creatures were seemingly created for the sole purpose of spreading beauty and happiness, you can't help but smile and be grateful each time you see them. A symbol of renewal, and that for every challenge or difficulty there is an opportunity for something beautiful to emerge.

After years of studying entomology and travelling to far off lands to collect specimens, Christopher Marley was inspired to display them as art. Rather than the scary images of slithering, jittering insects, here the absolute precision and genius in their design is shown. Perfectly symmetrical and exquisitely detailed, natures design far surpasses our greatest engineers or designers, all that's needed to to showcase them without interfering or distracting from their beauty. Pheromones are the chemicals insects use to attract each other (and have been known to work on humans too - worked on me even through the computer screen !)

Day flying moths - Thailand, Laos



Taenaris Trio - Australasian Archipelago



Velvet Brushfooted Trio - Loreto, Peru



Ricepaper Study - Southeast Asia



Morpho Duo - Bolivia, Peru

{Photos: Simple Groupings from Pheromone by Christopher Marley}