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Faces of Extinction

#Environment #Extinction #Illustration #Nature

is a series of 8 portraits, introducing 8 extinct birds with their frontal face in the form of portraits. Each portrait was illustrated with different styles and outfits, which fits to the era and reason of their extinction. Each piece also contains the slight hint about the factors of how it happened, like spear, mouse, cat, warship, and railway.

Moa. 15-17c

Dodo, 1681

Great Auk, 1852

Hoopoe Starling, 1877

Bonin Wood Pigeon, 1889

Passenger Pigeon, 1914

Dusky Seaside Sparrow, 1987

Crested Shelduck, ?

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