Através do fabuloso blogue de Christopher Jobson, Colossal, que trata de “cultura visual”, deparei-me com este imenso trabalho do fotógrafo Sam Droege que, através de Macros, conseguiu imortalizar estes pequenos insectos que guardam a vida no planeta Terra.

É extraordinário o pormenor que nos mostra as diferenças entre várias espécies de abelhas, só possível através dos recursos e do programa de monitorização e inventário do USGS Native Bee situado em Maryland, EUA.

Deixo aqui as palavras do próprio Droege:

“When we started looking at these pictures, I just wanted to gaze at these shots for long periods of time. I had seen these insects for many years, but the level of detail was incredible. The fact that everything was focused, the beauty and the arrangement of the insects themselves — the ratios of the eyes, the golden means, the french curves of the body, and the colors that would slide very naturally from one shade to another were just beautiful! It was the kind of thing that we could not achieve at the highest level of art.”