Swedish Photographer Plays Lord of the Flies
Saturday October 31, 2009
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Once you get past the creep factor of arranging dead insects on a page and turning them into caricatures that reflect human emotion and interaction…this shit is awesome and quite hilarious!

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Ready, Set, Go!!
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Wheee!
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Just a Fly Guy and his Horse
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When you Gotta Go...you gotta go
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Everyone Could Use a Little Boost Sometimes

 

Swedish photographer Magnus Muhr is the carcass-arranger in question here. He breathes new life into these deceased insects and portrays them as simple beings just trying to get by like the rest of us.
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Translation: “Was it good?”
“Mmm… You really succeeded with this, Britta… It tastes like shit!”

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The Fly Dive
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Young Love
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Catching Some Rays
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Queuing Up
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Translation: "Guys, I have to Sneeze"
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Umm...

 

Thanks to our friends at Environmental Graffiti for alerting us to Magnus Muhr's work. For more on Magnus, check out his website.

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