PARASITES (2013-present)
Marcus DeSieno is interested in the way in which the advancement of photographic techniques changes our relationship with the natural world. In PARASITES, he explores the history of scientific research into parasitic organisms, which are photographed using a scanning electron microscope and captured on ferrotypes. Propelled by scientific curiosity, photography has developed an intriguing relationship with the invisible since the middle of the nineteenth century – a relationship that enables us to experience a world we are unable to see without aids. At the same time, DeSieno examines his personal fear of these miniscule creatures, which are shown on a massively enlarged scale.
