Márquez en las Profundidades

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A World Without Wild

The Haunting Possibility of Empty Landscapes

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Melissa Cristina Márquez
Nov 18, 2025
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If the animals vanish from our photographs, will we finally see what we’ve lost?

There’s a quiet horror in absence.

In Margot Raggett’s latest work, that absence is deliberate… and devastating.

Composite: Paul Goldstein/Remembering Wildlife

A cheetah family, once draped across an acacia branch, is gone. A polar bear vanishes from its icy throne. A pangolin disappears into dust. The landscapes remain — beautiful, yes, but sterile. Empty of breath. Devoid of life.

These altered images are not science fiction. They are prophecy.

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