Jowsey, Susan2025-07-172025-07-172022-11-30interconnections: journal of posthumanism, ISSN: 2564-260X (Print); 2564-260X (Online), Brock University Library, 1(2), 73-86. doi: 10.26522/posthumanismjournal.v1i2.26652564-260X2564-260Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/10292/19559More sleight of hand than photography, these images raise questions about photography’s power of possession. With a scanner and a darkened room, I have become a gatherer of bodies. In attempting to capture matter, I have unwittingly become a collector of omens. This strange collection of preserved skins, hyperphysical remains of bone, stone and lichen offer a luminescent echo of forests burning and ice melting—atavistic decompositions—likenesses rendering the destructive legacy of overpopulation and overconsumption.The journal is distributed via a Creative Commons licensing scheme and does not have any author processing charges. This means that there are no direct costs associated with submitting to the journal or for accessing content in the journal.https://licensebuttons.net/l/by/4.0/88x31.png3601 Art History, Theory and Criticism43 History, Heritage and Archaeology36 Creative Arts and Writing13 Climate ActionJournal ArticleOpenAccess10.26522/posthumanismjournal.v1i2.2665