Magda Wasiczek is a Polish photographer who keeps an eye out for the tiniest of nature’s wonders and makes them seem truly huge in spirit. Her macro pictures of insects make me really regret that one time I stepped barefoot on a slug. Regret it even more, I mean. She wrote a little bit about her process for Bored Panda:
I do not know who or why, what strength created the world that surrounds us. I know that it is an unusual and fascinating in every smallest detail… I want to show the world of plants or insects in such a way that would impress an average person who has paid no attention to the world at his feet or even hated those “nasty bugs”.
When going to the meadow or the garden, I have no planned shots. I let the nature surprise me. I love the thrill when you find a theme in the open air. It’s like opening presents at Christmas.
That’s the only one that scared me. I would not want to meet that moth in a dark alley, you know? The moth is the dark wizard in this fairytale world. This ladybug is probably the love interest:
Her images definitely make you want to name and know all the tiny protagonists within. Every blade of grass is a magic castle. I call this guy the confused mage:
The witches three:
This just looks like a screenshot from Alice in Wonderland:
Some of the images are more abstract, and even more evocative. We’re through the looking glass, people:
This one is downright romantic:
But which one of these bugs is you? The comic relief snail side kick?:
Or the grasshopper sentinel?:
Perhaps the mysterious spider witch:
Or a brave knight, facing the elements:
The princess in her tower:
Clara Zeitler
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