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I REMEMBER as a kid exploring a near-derelict building on a bit of land behind a row of shops and finding a bird’s nest on a dusty shelf, complete with squawking, alien-like chicks. I still remember the thrill of feeling I’d stumbled across a secret – but there was also an odd sense of intrusion, like I’d walked in on my mother getting dressed.
Both emotions are provoked by ‘s beautiful images of birds’ nests. “When I hold these fragile structures in…



