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Kenji Aoki

"UTOPIA" SPACE

Utopia Space. January 2019. Since ancient times, humanity has attempted to define its relationship to the universe through various fields of learning. In this context, humanity has discovered "the unknown as beauty." Everything dwells within the "space of the unknown”. Including us.
Kenji Aoki

How Beauty Is Making Scientists Rethink Evolution

A male lesser bird-of-paradise. How Beauty Is Making Scientists Rethink Evolution. January 2019. The extravagant splendor of the animal kingdom can’t be explained by natural selection — how did it come to be? Aoki photographed these images on August, 9, 2018, for our story on how natural beauty is making scientists rethink evolution.

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