Silent Flight — High Key Birds | Bruno Spadoni
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Silent Flight

Birds of the Pantanal against an ethereal white ground — jabirus, herons, hawks and macaws in their purest form. A poetics of silence, lightness and negative space.

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🦢Theme: Birds of the Pantanal · High Key
🖼Works: 37 photographs
✦Edition: Limited · 15 prints
🌿Style: High Key · Minimalism

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Silent Flight — Birds of the Pantanal

37 photographs · Limited edition · 15 prints each · Pricing on request

The Caravan
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The Caravan
A flock of whistling ducks in compact flight, forming a cloud of wings across the infinite white.
The Conquest
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The Conquest
A jabiru alights on a bare tree while other birds scatter.
The Crown
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The Crown
A crested hawk perched on a branch, its natural crest on full display.
The Departure
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The Departure
A macaw crossing the sky above the treetops, small and free.
The Gathering
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The Gathering
A colony of birds gathered on the branches of a bare tree against a hazy landscape.
The Trinity
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The Trinity
Three anhingas in synchronized flight across the empty white.
The Watch
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The Watch
A great hawk on an isolated post against a hazy backdrop, its gaze fixed on the horizon.
High Post
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High Post
A hawk on a branch above the dense canopy, commanding the scene from on high.
Eternal Love
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Eternal Love
A pair of jabirus at the nest — an adult and a chick, side by side.
Supreme Blue
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Supreme Blue
A solitary hyacinth macaw on a bare tree of slender branches that dissolve into the white.
Contemplation
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Contemplation
A solitary anhinga on a branch amid ethereal foliage, its body upright and gaze distant.
Two Worlds
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Two Worlds
A heron and an anhinga share the same branch in silence, each in its own universe.
Balance
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Balance
A great egret on a branch in perfect diagonal, occupying the space with precision.
Exodus
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Exodus
Six jabirus in full flight scattered across the white space.
White Ghost
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White Ghost
A white heron in almost spectral flight against the hazy backdrop, white upon white.
Total Freedom
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Total Freedom
A large-billed tern in diagonal flight across the vast, empty space, alone in the infinite white.
Majesty
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Majesty
A great egret in low flight with wings fully spread, legs stretched behind.
Nobility
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Nobility
A great egret standing on a white, angular branch, its neck raised with natural elegance.
The Call
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The Call
An adult jabiru with open beak at a nest full of chicks.
The Great Exodus
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The Great Exodus
More than fifteen jabirus in diagonal formation across the white sky.
The Guardian
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The Guardian
An imposing hawk atop a bare branch, gazing into the distance as master of its territory.
The Impulse
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The Impulse
A heron at the exact instant of takeoff, wings raised and feet still touching the branch.
The Launch
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The Launch
A hawk lifting off from the stump with wings spread and body tilted.
The Home
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The Home
A family of jabirus gathered at the nest among interwoven branches.
The Return
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The Return
A jabiru alights with wings spread while the others wait at the nest amid the foliage.
The Reign
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The Reign
A black vulture atop a pale branch, looking directly into the camera.
The Throne
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The Throne
A solitary heron high in a bare tree of interwoven branches, small before the grandeur of the structure.
The Last Post
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The Last Post
A solitary hawk atop a stump of dark wood.
Precision
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Precision
A kingfisher at the tip of a slender branch, leaning forward like an arrow about to be loosed.
Purity
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Purity
An immaculate white heron over a delicate green canopy.
Quartet
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Quartet
Four white herons in flight across the infinite white space.
Free Fall
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Free Fall
A heron in a dive with wings raised and body falling in a diagonal.
Solitude
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Solitude
A small hawk lost among the bare branches of an enormous tree.
Top of the World
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Top of the World
A heron high in a vine-covered tree, small before the dense vegetation below.
Vigil
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Vigil
A great egret standing over the nest, proud and alert.
Silent Flight
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Silent Flight
A heron in full flight with wings spread against the hazy sky.
The Cradle
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The Cradle
A family of jabirus nestled high in an immense tree of sprawling branches against the white sky.
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