February 2017 – vegetarian in a leather jacket

Fantastic cemetery: drama and pathos in the zoological collections of the Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna

"Tiger-headed Python" (detail), Daniel Spoerri, 2012. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz, October 6, 2016.

Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz, October 6, 2016.

Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz, October 6, 2016.

Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz, October 6, 2016.

Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz, October 6, 2016.

Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz, October 6, 2016.

Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz, October 6, 2016.

Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz, October 6, 2016.

Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz, October 6, 2016.

Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz, October 6, 2016.

Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz, October 6, 2016.

Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz, October 6, 2016.

Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz, October 6, 2016.

Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz, October 6, 2016.

Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz, October 6, 2016.

Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz, October 6, 2016.

Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz, October 6, 2016.

Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz, October 6, 2016.

Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz, October 6, 2016.

Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz, October 6, 2016.

Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz, October 6, 2016.

Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz, October 6, 2016.

Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz, October 6, 2016.

Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz, October 6, 2016.

Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz, October 6, 2016.

All photos by Renée DeVoe Mertz, October 6, 2016.

Venuses in the dark

Venus of Willendorf (Willendorf Figurine) on view at the Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz, 6 October 2016.

Venus of Willendorf (Willendorf Figurine) on view at the Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna [original image]

Venus of Willendorf (Willendorf Figurine) on view at the Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna [high contrast version] Venus of Galgenberg (Stratzing Figure) on view at the Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna [original image]

Venus of Galgenberg (Stratzing Figure) on view at the Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna [high contrast version]

All photos by Renée DeVoe Mertz, October 6, 2016.