描述
This is my Genesis NFT collection. It was originally released on Earth Day, April 22nd, 2022.
In order to fully align with the ever-growing vision I have for my art in web3, all pieces have been burned and re-released under a custom smart contract as ERC-721 tokens.
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A special thanks goes out to @HornetLips for appreciating this body of work enough to select this piece as my first ever to be collected as an NFT artist on June 20th, 2022. The support means more than you'll ever know, and I'm honored that you chose it for your collection. Thank you for starting this journey for me.
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"Fucking Coral" is the culmination of ~6 years dedicated to studying, culturing, and photographing a wide variety of the marine invertebrates that make up our coral reefs.
These 33 images represent the first chapter of my exploration in photographing these creatures, and due to an unfortunate hard drive failure, some of the only remaining examples of my where I started.
In recent years, climate change has had a serious impact on large areas of our world's reefs, causing mass bleaching events that have threatened their very survival. As the lifeblood of our oceans, this could have disastrous effects on the health of our entire marine ecosystem worldwide. This is what makes culturing coral so important. Studying these animals in the wild as well as captivity gives us a greater understanding of what makes them thrive. Without human intervention, our reefs are not likely to live into the next century.
Photographing these animals in captive environments allows artistic opportunities and technical freedoms that are otherwise impossible. With the power of specialized equipment and advanced water chemistry practices, these animals can be shown with greater fidelity than ever before.
One of the primary goals of this collection will be to spread awareness and knowledge to a whole new generation through art and media. Beyond that, every opportunity to contribute to sustaining reef ecosystems across the globe will be explored to the best ability a single artist with crazy ideas can uphold.
These incredible creatures have never failed to capture my imagination, and their impact on my life has been nothing short of profound. There's no better opportunity to ensure they are around for future generations to appreciate than to preserve them on the blockchain. Forever.
This collection is neither the extent of my vision or my ability. The way I see it, this is just the beginning.
