Ant Gazing Up, 2019, digital media, 20 x 22 in. / 50.8 x 55.88 cm.

Ant Gazing Up, Guy Iannuzz, 2019, digital media, 20 x 22 in. / 50.8 x 55.88 cm.

I have been photographing insects embedded in amber for decades. This image of an ant is fascinating visualizing the last moments of of the life of this insect, frozen for eons. It seems to be reaching upward... It is embedded in a piece of Colombian amber about 20 million years old.