Photographer, published in several prestigious magazines and daily newspapers (TIME magazine, GEO, The New York Times Magazine, National Geographic), Levon Biss has been passionate in recent years for theentomology. through 12 photographs from his series microsculptureyou will discover the macroscopic portraits ofinsects of the whole world. It was in his studio nestled in the English countryside that Levon Biss perfected the shooting techniques for this work. A unique photographic process that composes thousands of images using multiple lighting setups.
“Each sample was mounted on a platinum of microscope adapted, allowing precise control of the position of the sample in front of the lens of the camera. Most of the insects were photographed in about 30 sections, each section lights up differently with different lights strobe lights to accentuate the microsculpture of particular areas of their bodies. Each insect portrait is created from over 8,000 separate images.writes the photographer on the site microsculpture. A real work of craftsmanship.