Bird

I see a lot of websites during the course of a week. Many of them are design-related and thus represent what should be the most striking, innovative, and creative examples the profession can build. Still, it’s not often that I run across one that simply takes my breath away.

This is one.

Andrew Zuckerman is a professional photographer, and his new book has the simple and completely descriptive title of Bird. It consists of a series of gorgeous photos of birds, both exotic and mundane. What sets his work apart from other “nature photographers” is his elimination of any context for the subject; the photo consists of an image of the bird against a pure white background. This makes for a striking image, and allows the eye to focus completely on the details of each specimen.

The website for Bird goes one step further by providing an audio recording of each bird’s call. This added dimension allows the visitor to create his or her own context, albeit an incomplete one, although that depends on the extent of one’s imagination.

Bird is available via Amazon.com [link], and if you find it appealing, you may also be interested in Zuckerman’s previous publications that use similar techniques, Creature [link] and Wisdom [link].