IKARUS, No. 14 - The Bald Ibis

Photographer

Florian W. Mueller

Category

Fine Art Photography - Still Life

Company

Submission Group

Professional

Year

2024

Country / Region:

Germany

Part of the series IKARUS. About extinct and highly endangered species. This is the Bald Ibis, highly endangered. We know the legend of Icarus, whose father Daedalus built wings of feathers and wax for himself and his son to escape from the captivity of Minos on Crete. The son Icarus became overconfident, the wax melted and he fell into the sea. Despite his father’s warnings. Again, the parallels: Despite warnings and admonitions, we spiral into ever higher and warmer and warmer climes, and the crash is not far away. Okay, maybe that’s a bit drastic and striking.