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Hmm, I still can't see the distastefulness of it. Fuck knows people have posted that picture of the squirrel in the forks a billion times, and without any artistic merit. Have negative reps gone out for that as well, as an example?
Things live, die, decay. Autolysis can be beautiful. Some of the comparisons on this thread have been 'fun' in a more comedic way; some have been obvious and not particularly thought or response provoking; some have been whimsical in other ways. What unites the 'best' ones is a keen, creative and intuitive eye for velomorphic possibilities in the animal kingdom. Who gives a fuck if the animals are living or dead in the photos if there's no brutality occurring? It was more respectful than distasteful, because it was such a well considered and executed 'piece'.
Not sure what the vegan take on this would be… Oliver? Using a photo of an animal-based artefact rather than the animal itself? Where would you stand on this if it were an exhibit in a gallery using the actual objects from the photos (and I use the term 'object' carefully, but correctly I think)?