Spanish Photographer Captures The Flight Patterns Of Birds

Although Ornitographies is a current project with a somewhat distant origin. It was born from the innocent, restless, childhood gaze of the artist, Xavi Bou. The photographer’s admiration for nature, especially birds, arose during his childhood thanks to unforgettable long walks with his grandfather.

Since then, the photographer’s interest in birds has continued to grow, eventually becoming the focus of his project Ornitographies. The series arose from the author’s desire to capture those unnoticed moments and from the interest in questioning the limits of human perception.

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Xavi Bou focuses on birds, his great passion, and attempts to capture the shapes they generate when flying in a single frame, making the invisible visible.

Unlike other motion analysis which preceded it, Ornitographies moves away from the scientific approach of chronophotography used by photographers like Eadweard Muybridge and Etienne-Jules Marey. The approach used by Xavi Bou to portray aviary scenes is not invasive; moreover, it rejects the distant study, resulting in organic form images that stimulate the imagination.