Last chance: memento mori images created with animal skulls
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In the Tradition: Memento Exstingui, a project by the photographer Michele Turriani, draws attention to the plight of endangered animals that appear on the IUCN red list. It is inspired by the memento mori' and vanitas' art genres, which remind us of the transience of life and the inevitability of death. The skulls come from the Powell-Cotton Museum in Kent
- Photographs by Michele Turriani
- Words by Stephen Moss