Roadkill (After Life).

"A photograph is both a pseudo-presence and a token of absence."
Susan Sontag

With increasing drought, fires, and flood, and the ongoing destruction and degradation of our environment and rapidly shrinking habitats from the demands of an ever-growing population, one wonders how much longer we will have an opportunity to interact with wild animals.

This series of photographs focus on native animals, that have lost their lives in the midst of harsh changes to their living conditions. I wanted to create images that prompt us to stop and think about both the beauty and vulnerability of these animals. Over eons these superbly adapted creatures evolved to survive harsh environmental conditions, but there is no escape from the changes caused by humans. Are these harbingers of our own future?