Rebecca Kinzie Bastian

A cabinet of observations

Photography

Specimens, found things, small museums, and the ordinary made slightly uncanny.

A collector of things; an observer; a recorder.

In black and white

Bare trees beneath a stormy sky with snow crossing the foreground Pale tree trunks and fine branches against a dark forest Paper rising from a vintage typewriter Fine fibers radiating in a dark photograph Two swans in flight against a pale sky Close view of vintage typewriter keys Back Space key on a vintage typewriter Silhouetted birds among bare winter branches Pale leaves and reflections under a textured icy surface Fallen apples in dappled black and white light Doll and bones against a shelf of books

Specimens & found things

Deer gathered along a ridge
A moth spreading its patterned wings among moss
Small mushroom with green and pink forms against black
Natural history specimens arranged in glass jars
A single tall mushroom lit against black
Yellow egg-like form nestled among seeds
Luna moth in a dark close-up photograph
A collection of small mushrooms and found forms
Cicada preserved in a glass specimen jar
Delicate mushroom and seed forms lit against black
Small mammal specimen in a glass jar
Pale sculptural form among moss and leaves
White mushrooms arranged on a black background
Golden round form among brown mushroom textures
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