Unnatural History

This Peanut Portfolio Book includes one signed and numbered original photograph and one signed and numbered hardcover book, 40 pages, 18 color plates.

Lori Nix & Kathleen Gerber have collaborated on dioramas and miniatures for over twenty years, which have primarily been the subject matter for their fine art photography. Their images of faux landscapes and gritty urban interiors have gained wide acclaim in both the U.S. and Europe, and Nix is a 2014 Guggenheim Fellow in Photography. Their photographic work was showcased in National Geographic Magazine (April 2017) and American Craft (Dec 2017/Jan 2018).

In the previously unpublished series, Unnatural History, painstakingly crafted miniature dioramas, photographed in black and white, depict life at a typical natural history museum—with a humorous twist. “We tend to think of anything we see in an institution as being truthful. I wanted to use that assumption and portray scenes that were almost true.” 

Book size 7.75" x 8.75" printed by Meridian Printing.
Print size 8.5" x 11" printed on Hahnemühle paper.