Decay Collection (#43)

Tooth decay, artwork F006 / 2310
Tooth decay, computer artwork

Broken wind turbine F006 / 8647
MODEL RELEASED. Broken wind turbine, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands

Broken wind turbine F006 / 8646
MODEL RELEASED. Broken wind turbine, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands

Light-reactive dental filling, artwork
Light-reactive dental filling. Computer artwork showing a blue light (top left) being used to harden a composite dental filling in a tooth (lower right)

Root canal dental treatment, artwork
Root canal dental treatment. Computer artwork showing a drill (top left) being used to clear out the root canals (blue) of a decayed tooth

Mould growing on tomatoes C014 / 1426
Mould growing on tomatoes. The white strands of fungus, called hyphae, make up the mycelium, and are breaking down the tomatoes to obtain nutrients for growth

Strangled stinkhorn fungus (Staheliomyces cinctus). This is the fruiting body of this fungus. It produces an unpleasant aroma from a slimy area called the gleba (brown)

Mouldy crop, SEM
Mouldy crop. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of grey rot (Botrytis sp.) on a runner bean plant. This is a parasitic fungus that can cause great damage to food crops

Potato blight on leaf. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the potato blight fungus Phytophthora infestans, emerging from a potato leaf

Trooping Crumblecap Fungus - Wales - UK
DAC-612 Trooping Crumblecap Fungus Wales - UK Coprinus disseminatus David Chapman Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Artist's Fungus - Autumn - Cornwall - UK
DAC-600 Artist's Fungus - Autumn Cornwall - UK Ganoderma adspersum David Chapman Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Glistening Ink Cap - Cornwall - UK
DAC-609 Glistening Ink Cap Cornwall - UK Coprinus micaceus David Chapman Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Sulphur Tuft Fungus - Cornwall - UK
DAC-611 Sulphur Tuft Fungus Cornwall - UK Hypholoma fasciculare David Chapman Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Black Bulgar Fungus - Cornwall - UK
DAC-602 Black Bulgar Fungus Cornwall - UK Bulgaria inquinans David Chapman Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Common Stinkhorn - fungus - UK
DAC-409 Common Stinkhorn - fungus UK Phallus impudicus David Chapman Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Common Earthballs - Ladock Wood, Cornwall, UK
DAC-801 Common Earthballs Ladock Wood, Cornwall, UK Scleroderma citrinum fungus fungi David Chapman Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Wax Cap Fungus - UK
DAC-613 Wax Cap Fungus UK Hygrocybe ceracea David Chapman Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Loxodonta africana, African elephant carcass
African elephant viscera, approximately 3-4 days after death, showing abundance of blowfly larvae feeding on the dead tissues. Lower Zambezi National Park, Zambezi Valley, Zambia

Decaying old boats on mud in The River Alde by Orford, Suffolk

Decaying old boat on mud in The River Alde by Orford, looking east over Orford Ness, Suffolk

Oak Bonnet-cap - tree trunk - UK
DAC-94 Oak Bonnet-cap - tree trunk UK Mycena inclinata David Chapman Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

USA, Minnesota, Welch, Abandoned farm and silo in prairie field on spring afternoon

USA, Montana, Pine Butte Guest Ranch. Close-up of weathered jaw bone of deer and lichen on rock

Mould - on bread
PM-6284 Mould - on bread Mucor sp. Pat Morris contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

Poland ROG 9037 Mass of Ramsons in Bialowieza Naional Park, old Forest area. © Bob Gibbons / ardea. com
ROG-9037 POLAND - Ramsons / wild Garlic in flower in old forest Bialowieza Forest, National Park. Poland UNESCO World Heritage site Mass of Ramsons Bob Gibbons contact details: prints@ardea.com tel

Bootlaces of Honey Fungus
DAC-4 Bootlaces of Honey Fungus Armillaria mellea David Chapman contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

Bread - mould growing on stale white bread
ASW-4540 Bread - mould growing on stale white bread Rhizopus nigricans Alan J. S. Weaving contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

Common Earthball - Godolphin Woods - Cornwall - UK
DAC-84 Common Earthball - Godolphin Woods Cornwall - UK Scleroderma citrinum David Chapman contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

Bread - mould growing on stale white bread, close up
ASW-4541 Bread - mould growing on stale white bread, close up. Rhizopus nigricans Alan J. S. Weaving contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

Yellow Russula - fungus - autumn - East Anglia - UK
DAC-81 Yellow Russula - fungus - autumn East Anglia - UK Russula ochraleuca David Chapman contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

Orange Peel Fungus - Cornwall - UK
DAC-285 Orange Peel Fungus Cornwall - UK Aleuria aurantia David Chapman contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

Many Zoned Polypore
DAC-31 Many Zoned Polypore Treametes versicolor David Chapman contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

USA, California, Bodie State Historic Park, Ghost town building reflected in window of abandoned structure

USA, New York, New York City, Marble angel statue atop family grave in Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn

Typical Spanish colonial architecture near the Plaza de Armas, Cuzco, Urubamba Valley, Peru

Panama. A veiw of the ancient colonial ruins from the bell tower in Panama city

Panama, Panama city colonial ruins

Guatemala, Antigua. Peeling paint and doorway Antigua, Guatemala

Oman, The Batinah Plain, Rustaq. Old Fort Ruins along Highway #13

Mozambique, Maputo. Details of abandoned and decaying colonial era house in city center

Mozambique, Maputo. Architectural details of clock inside colonial era C. F. M. Railway
Mozambique, Maputo. Architectural details of clock inside colonial era C.F.M. Railway Station

Africa, Mozambique
Mozambique, Maputo. Architectural details of bell and clock inside colonial era C.F.M. Railway Station

Grannys bonnets (gregarious elf caps ) (clustered bonnet) fungi (Mycena inclinata) growing from rotten treestump, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Italy - Brescia - Capitoline Temple of Vespasian
Italy - Brescia - the Capitoline Temple, or the Capitolium, which was built by Emperor Titus Flavius Vespasian c. 73 A.D. Date: circa 1910s

Moss growing on fallen tree trunk in woodland, Vicarage Plantation, Mendlesham, Suffolk, England, november

Fungi, toadstool fruiting bodies, growing on rotting tree stump in woodland habitat, Whitewell, Clitheroe, Lancashire, England, september

View of rough pasture habitat with rushes and decaying tree stump, Roydon, Upper Waveney Valley, Norfolk, England, june

Fallen and decaying tree trunk in woodland, with moss and fallen leaves, Vicarage Plantation, Mendlesham, Suffolk, England, november

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"Decay: A Haunting Journey Through Time and Nature's Erosion" Step into the world of decay, where the echoes of time whisper through forgotten realms. From Hogarth's Gin Lane to the delicate dance between Blossom and Decay, this captivating concept reveals the fragility of existence. Like a Higgs boson in conceptual artwork, decay permeates every corner of our universe, and is as ancient as the Tablet of Shamash, dating back to the 9th century BC when even the sun-god witnessed its relentless grip on life. In Peter Greenaway's A Zed & Two Noughts (1985), decay becomes an artistic muse, transforming driftwood on La Push beach into melancholic poetry along Washington State's Pacific Northwest coast. Nature too succumbs to its inevitable fate; Coral Spot Fungus finds solace in Sycamore twigs amidst Powys' Welsh landscape. Palace ruins at Minoan archaeological sites stand testament to civilizations long lost but not forgotten. Even modern marvels bear witness to decay's touch; an aerial view captures both beauty and deterioration as it gazes upon Belvedere Hotel and Furka Pass road - immortalized by James Bond in Goldfinger - nestled within Switzerland's majestic Swiss Alps. Yet perhaps no image strikes closer than that polarised LM photograph revealing tooth decay. Within its microscopic realm lies a reminder that even our own bodies are subject to nature’s unyielding forces. And finally, an old abandoned shack by Mersey stands stoically against time itself. Its decaying walls tell stories untold, reminding us that all things must eventually return from whence they came. In these glimpses into worlds touched by decay – be it art or nature – we find both sorrow and wonder. For within each moment captured lies a profound lesson about impermanence and the cyclical nature of existence itself.