Evolution in Vertebratia

Horse and rider

Created in collaboration with the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, Evolution is an extraodinary collection of images by photographer Patrick Gries that tells the visual story of evolution through 300 black and white photos of vertebrate skeletons.

In addition to the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, Gries acquired anatomical specimens from numerous veterinary and natural history museums throughout France and Monaco to round out the series of photos

Orca

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Opah

Artist Patrick Gries in collaboration with Muséum National D’Histoire Naturelle via This is Colossal.
Evolution available in hardcover from Éditions Xavier Barral.

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