The Mimic of the Bush: The Australian Lyrebird in its Natural Habitat
Sylvie Kitanova-Hume is a PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne’s School of Languages and Linguistics. Her thesis examines western feature film imports in the German Democratic Republic in the 1970s.
Let us spend one day as deliberately as Nature, and not be thrown off the track by every nutshell and mosquito’s wing that falls on the rails… –Henry David Thoreau
The inclusion of photographs of nature within the collection of the Commercial Travellers’ Association of Australia develops a visual diary of the remarkable Australian land- and seascape.
12 documentary photographs exhibit the natural habitat of the Australian lyrebird and illustrate a unique, if random, composition of perspectives on its biotope. By creating a dynamic photographic space of delicate artistic balance, some including natural spots, such as tangled undergrowth, fern and moss, mound, tree trunks and nests, the photographs show the beauty of the female and male lyrebird.
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