Andrey Pavlov

Andrey Pavlov is a Russian ant-whisperer and photographer. Each summer he moves to a cottage in the countryside to fabricate little scenes and photograph ants at work. He watches how the ants work each day, what lines they take and patterns they use, and then he adds small props he makes or finds into those lines and patterns to see what they do. The scenes are staged, but the reactions of the ants are authentic. He says ants are naturally curious creatures, which greatly helps his work. Pavlov was inspired to photograph ants at work when he started reading his young children fairy tales, which is something he never did as a child. For more of Pavlov's amazing images, look here.