Opengesneden konijn met de organen zichtbaar before 1901

This photograph of an opened rabbit, organs visible, made by Adolphe Louis Donnadieu, makes me think about process. Not just the biological processes pictured, but the process of art making itself. The stark contrast and detail invite us to consider the textures, the colors, the physical reality of what we are seeing. The rabbit’s fur has a gentle quality, yet we are drawn to the shapes inside, the curves and convolutions of the intestines. It’s like a landscape, with its own peaks and valleys. The way the image reveals its subject, without sentimentality or drama, reminds me of the work of artists like Albrecht Dürer, whose precise anatomical studies are both scientific and deeply expressive. There's something about the balance between the clinical eye and the kind of unsettling beauty that reveals the ongoing conversation between art, science, and life.