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Xavi Bou
Ornitographies
Xavi Bou

Xavi Bou. Ornithography #030, 2016
“Nature is the original generative artist. Just look at a tree’s root structure, the shape a river takes as it cuts through the land, the rippling patterns of rain drops in puddles. If you tune in, generative art is all around us. Xavi Bou is tuned in. He sees art in the flight paths of birds, and though his work is photographic, it captures the generative aspect of nature as well as any. Whether smooth and controlled or varied and chaotic, Bou’s vision forms a nexus of art, nature, science, and technology to propose new ways of seeing. In turn, he unlocks for us a form of sight unnatural to the naked eye, yet revealing of the underlying harmonies that form the natural world.” — Curator Ned Ryerson.
The photographer’s admiration for nature, especially for birds, arose during his childhood thanks to unforgettable long walks with his grandfather. Since then, the photographer’s interest in birds has continued to grow, eventually becoming the focus of his project “Ornitographies”
Ornitographies arises from the author’s concern for capturing those unnoticed moments and from the interest in questioning the limits of human perception. Xavi Bou focuses on birds, his great passion, in order to capture in a single time frame, the shapes they generate when flying, making visible the invisible.
Unlike other motion analysis which preceded it, “Ornitographies” moves away from the scientific approach of chronophotography used by photographers like Eadweard Muybridge and Etienne-Jules Marey. Technology, science and creativity combine to create evocative images which show the sensuality and beauty of the bird’s movements and which are, at the same time, clues for those wishing to identify or recognize them.
In “Ornitographies”, the skill envied by men, the long lasting shared yearning of flying, is presented to us, extending our visual perception. Art and science walk hand in hand to create images, which are no longer a single portrait of reality but become a witness of the instants that, for a moment, were past, present and future all at once.
“Ornitographies” is a balance between art and science; a nature-based dissemination project and a visual poetry exercise but above all, an invitation to perceive the world with the same curious and innocent look of the child we once were.
Details
Edition Size:
NFT 1/1
Resolution:
4k
Reserve Price:
0.75 ETH(From)
Works:
35 (19 available)
Sold:
16
Sales:
12.619 ETH
On Foundation

Xavi Bou
Ornithography #001, 2015
On Foundation

Xavi Bou
Ornithography #002, 2015
On Foundation

Xavi Bou
Ornithography #007, 2015
On Foundation

Xavi Bou
Ornithography #011, 2016

Xavi Bou
Ornithography #015, 2016
On SuperRare

Xavi Bou
Ornithography #018, 2016

Xavi Bou
Ornithography #024, 2016

Xavi Bou
Ornithography #029, 2016

Xavi Bou
Ornithography #030, 2016

Xavi Bou
Ornithography #031, 2016
On SuperRare

Xavi Bou
Ornithography #055, 2016
On SuperRare

Xavi Bou
Ornithography #061, 2016

Xavi Bou
Ornithography #080, 2017

Xavi Bou
Ornithography #086, 2017
On SuperRare

Xavi Bou
Ornithography #092, 2017

Xavi Bou
Ornithography #099, 2017

Xavi Bou
Ornithography #103, 2017
On SuperRare

Xavi Bou
Ornithography #106, 2017

Xavi Bou
Ornithography #115, 2017

Xavi Bou
Ornithography #136, 2017

Xavi Bou
Ornithography #143, 2019

Xavi Bou
Ornithography #156, 2019

Xavi Bou
Ornithography #158, 2019
On SuperRare

Xavi Bou
Ornithography #170, 2019
On SuperRare

Xavi Bou
Ornithography #173, 2017
On SuperRare

Xavi Bou
Ornithography #176, 2020

Xavi Bou
Ornithography #199, 2021

Xavi Bou
Ornithography #213, 2021

Xavi Bou
Ornithography #223, 2022
On SuperRare

Xavi Bou
Ornithography #227, 2022

Xavi Bou
Ornithography #239, 2022
On SuperRare

Xavi Bou
Ornithography #241, 2022

Xavi Bou
Ornithography #245, 2022

Xavi Bou
Ornithography #87, 2017

Xavi Bou
Ornithography #94, 2017
Ornithography #001
2015
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Ornithography #002
2015
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Ornithography #007
2015
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Ornithography #011
2016
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Ornithography #015
2016
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Ornithography #018
2016
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Ornithography #024
2016
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Ornithography #029
2016
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Ornithography #030
2016
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Ornithography #031
2016
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Ornithography #055
2016
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Ornithography #061
2016
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Ornithography #080
2017
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Ornithography #086
2017
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Ornithography #092
2017
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Ornithography #099
2017
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Ornithography #103
2017
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Ornithography #106
2017
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Ornithography #115
2017
0.75ETH
Ornithography #136
2017
0.75ETH
Ornithography #143
2019
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Ornithography #156
2019
0.75ETH
Ornithography #158
2019
0.75ETH
Ornithography #170
2019
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Ornithography #173
2017
0.75ETH
Ornithography #176
2020
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Ornithography #199
2021
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Ornithography #213
2021
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Ornithography #223
2022
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Ornithography #227
2022
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Ornithography #239
2022
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Ornithography #241
2022
Sold
Ornithography #245
2022
0.75ETH
Ornithography #87
2017
0.75ETH
Ornithography #94
2017
0.75ETH
Artist
Xavi Bou
1979 (Spain)
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Xavi Bou has a degree in Geology from the University of Barcelona he combined his studies with Photography. After finishing his studies in 2003, he began his professional career in the world of fashion and advertising photography as a photographer’s assistant and retoucher. In 2009 he founded a retouching studio specialized in campaigns for important national and international brands and magazines.
His passion for nature and photography has led him to use it as a vehicle for his artistic projects. Exploring the limits of the possibilities of photography and with nature as the protagonist. The author aims to create a result that makes us question our perception, creating a new point of view of our environment.
In 2015, he presented his project Ornithographies immediately aroused international interest, which has led him to publish in major newspapers and magazines most renowned as The Guardian, Der Spiegel, National Geographic, Geo or Granta among many others and to expose to 10 countries. This has made possible his dream of devoting himself fully to this project and to the search for others. At the end of 2022, he published “Onithographies” the book about his project with Lynx publishing house.
Press + Articles
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How Xavi Bou Captures the Flight of Birds
Sierra Magazine (article)
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Xavi Bou Traces The Invisible Flight Patterns Of Birds
Ignant (article)