BIOPHILIA

这并非一本寻常的自然图鉴。作者克里斯托弗·马利身兼设计师、保育者与标本师数职，将甲虫、爬行动物、鸟类、海洋生物乃至矿物，一一精心“归置”后重新组合成画。读者反复被“美到爆”“精美”打动，但真正引发驻足的，是那种微妙的心动与不安：虫鸟“看上去吓人”，却在被妥帖安顿后显出惊心动魄的美丽。它不回避死亡与标本的冷硬，也不回避收藏背后的伦理争议，而是让观者在“吓人”与“漂亮”的张力间重新思考人与自然生命的距离。适合愿意直面这份复杂、又纯粹为视觉震撼而来的人——它既是一本摄影集，也是一次关于热爱、掠夺与重生的安静对话。

Christopher Marley’s art expresses his passionate engagement with the beautiful forms of nature. Beginning with insects and moving on to aquatic life, reptiles, birds, plants, and minerals, Marley has used his skills as a designer, conservator, taxidermist, and environmentally responsible collector to make images and mosaics that produce strong, positive emotional responses in viewers. Marley has a brilliant eye for color and pattern in different natural objects, and he expertly captures the deep relationships among them. Biophilia (literally, “love of living things”) is a must-have for nature lovers, designers, artists, craftspeople, and anyone looking for visual inspiration in the arts.