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To what extent can we trust photography and science? Robert Zhao Renhui explores these questions in A Guide to the Flora and Fauna of the World, which appears to be an authentic catalogue of plants and animals but is in fact entirely fictitious. Renhui's guide ostensibly "documents" 55 different animals, plants and environments that have been manipulated by man but do not appear to be, and examines the myriad ways in which humans are altering nature. Here are curious creatures that have evolved in often unexpected ways to cope with our changing world, including rhinoceroses with barely visible horns and monkeys dependent on food handed out by humans. Other organisms in the series are the products of human intervention, mutations engineered to serve various purposes from scientific research to the desire for ornamentation, such as man-made gelatin grapes, genetically modified tomatoes and "unbreakable" eggs. All living things constantly adapt to the various pressures they face including predators, pollution and environmental change. Yet the human species has undeniably emerged as the main perpetrator of the dangers that threaten the survival of other life forms. A Guide to the Flora and Fauna of the World reminds us of this fact, and above all to retain a critical, cautious and ironic attitude to the "real."

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Book category Books in English The arts Photography & photographs Individual photographers

• Full title: Robert Zhao Renhui: A Guide to the Flora and Fauna of the World
• Author: Robert Zhao Renhui
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 58
• EAN: 9783958293199
• ISBN: 3958293190
• ID: 16428522
• Publisher: Steidl Publishers
• Weight: 1480 g
• Dimensions: 356 × 253 × 26 mm
• Date of publishing: 27. December 2018

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