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These artworks are part of the collection Neglect, photographed specimens of animals, most of which are extinct or critically endangered. The photographer wants to show a little bit of the sometimes bizarre beauty of the insects, so that the viewer might see them with different eyes. Because insect extinction is very real and not a made-up story. The series was produced with help and assistance of the Senckenberg German Entomological Institute.

Created by Florian W. Mueller

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Honored with the A' Design Award.

Florian W. Mueller

Florian W. Mueller is an internationally distinguished, exhibited, published and booked photographer,. Since 2013 he is a professional member of the honorable BFF (professional association of freelance photographers and film designers e.V.) in addition to big names like F.C. Gundlach, Peter Lindbergh, Sarah Moon or Oliviero Toscani. In 2016, he joined the prestigious AOP (Association of Photographers) in London and promptly became a finalist at the 2016 Grand AOP Awards. In 2017, he was a 6-time finalist and won an AOP award. Florian's specialties are architecture, landscape, people and abstract photography. In addition to many other awards, he received a "Best of Category Award" and became a 6x finalist at the AOP Awards in London, 1st Place & 2 Honorable Mentions at the Tokyo International Photo Awards, Silver & Bronze at the One Eyeland Photography Awards, Silver & 2 Honorable Mentions at the PX3 (Prix de la Photographie Paris), 1st place & 3rd place at the International Color Awards, 3x Gold at the annual BFF Magazine, 3rd place & 24 Honorable Mentions at the International Photography 2017 Awards and a 1st Place at the International Color Awards. His work has been exhibited in galleries in Paris, London, Berlin, New York, Zhouzhou (China), Dusseldorf, Cologne, Athens, Köping (Sweden) and will be exhibited in June 2018 at the Center for Fine Art Photography in Colorado, USA. He led the first "Porsche Photography Masterclass" in Malaysia in 2017 and teaches photography and fine art worldwide.

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