Photographer Brandon Ballengée spends his days hunting for frogs with extra legs and missing eyes. He's an eco artist, and by seeking out these mutant anomalies, he hopes to bring environmentalism to new audiences. Produced by Studio 360's Trey Kay. (Originally aired: April 18, 2008)
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Slideshow: Brandon Ballengée's Eco Art
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Brandon Ballengée conducts an amphibian field-survey in collaboration with the Yorkshire Reporter of Amphibians and Reptiles. He carried out his research as an artist in residence at Yorkshire Sculpture Park in 2006-07 (commissioned by Arts Catalyst, England).
(Kevin O’Dwyer)
Ballengée conducting an amphibian field-survey.
(Kevin O’Dwyer)
A selection of deformed English Toads / Bufo bufo metamorphs, collected in Yorkshire, England, June 2006.
(Courtesy of Arts Catalyst, London and Archibald Arts, NYC)
Detail from “Styx” – deformed amphibian specimens that have been chemically cleared and stained on sculptural light-box.
(Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, 2007)
“Khárôn” – a cleared and stained multi-limbed Pacific Tree frog from Aptos, California (in scientific collaboration with Dr. Stanley K. Sessions and poet Kuy Delair).
(Courtesy of Brandon Ballengée and Archibald Arts, NYC)
“Galatée” – a cleared and stained multi-limbed Pacific Tree frog from Aptos, California (in scientific collaboration with Dr. Stanley K. Sessions and poet Kuy Delair).
(Courtesy of Brandon Ballengée and Archibald Arts, NYC)