We search many times on a canvas for those details and peculiarities that lead us to inspiration or the encounter with something that strikes a chord and makes us dream for a while. That is the great virtue of art when it touches what cannot be explained in words.
That mystery that we seek with our eyes and our feelings is found in many forms of life that we have around us, such as those feathers that, when passed through a camera lens, can leave us speechless by their thousands of small details in texture, shape and color.
This happens with Robert Clark's photography that takes us back to a world in which large number of species of birds fill in the dozens of sheets that make up his book Feathers: Displays of Brilliant Plumage.
Una fascinating visual examination of the multitude of colors and shapes that a simple bird feather can possess. In this book continuous captures of various species of birds and their feathers are interspersed with a description of their functionality and evolution over the centuries. From the green feather that adorns the golden head of a Quetzal in South America to those of a longtime rooster.
Clark's interest in these animals is due to the time of his childhood in which he spent hours watching migratory birds in his home state of Kansas. The fascination grew and he began to investigate Darwin's theory of evolution to learn how birds were a very important part of the development of such important ideas.
Over 15 years working for National Geographic, has resulted in dozens of covers and numerous awards for his art in photography.
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