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Peregrine Falcon. Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Zoology Department (over 900
specimens in the collection), Denver, Colorado
2006
chromogenic print
Joann Brennan
born Philadelphia, PA 1962
Courtesy of the artist
In addition to picturing bird conservation in the field, Joann Brennan's Managing Eden project documents scientists and specimens in museums. The falcon pictured here is in the collection of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Its powerful wing extends upward as reminder of the bird's former speed and strength. Brennan hopes that images like this will raise appreciation for the valuable role that museums play in the stewardship of nature. The solutions to tomorrow's environmental crises could lie in the specimen drawers of today's museums |