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Flowers From Bees' and Butterflies' Perspectives
- the World Hidden From Humans (2010)


What does nature look like? Is the nature seen through humans' eyes the only nature that exists? What is the nature seen through insects' eyes?

A curiosity towards nature seen from the eyes of insects drove me to take UV photography of nature. In the figures, the color photograph is a flower seen through humans' eyes. The black and white photograph, taken using a UV filter, is the flower as likely to be seen through insects' eyes.

Well, I did not have the bees and butterflies confirm what they saw. According to scientific research, however, flowers create patterns in the petals using black color, which absorbs white and UV light. Using the black patterns, the flowers tell insects the exact location of honey and thus are able to attract insects for pollination. You will see the special patterns on the petals in the UV photography. These patterns are the honey guide made visible by UV light for the insects' sake.

My 16th Photography Calendar is about flowers from the insects' perspectives - invisible to humans. "The World Hidden From Humans" is the first UV photography of Korean native flowers in the form of a calendar.