Emily McCulliss
Honest Signaling - Ritz AIR

Maui, Hawaii

Honest Signaling - Ritz AIR

$1,050.00

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Behind the image

Honest signaling is a term from behavioral biology describing a communication signal that cannot be faked. One that carries real cost and therefore real meaning. A full breach is exactly that. Launching forty tons of body entirely out of the water requires extraordinary energy, and whatever a humpback is communicating in that moment, it means it. Off the coast of West Maui, water cascades from every surface as this animal makes itself impossible to ignore. Framed in walnut with tempered glass and hand-signed mat.

Fine Art Nature Photography Print (Ongoing Edition)

20" x 30" (24" x 36" framed)

Hand-signed | Tempered glass | Walnut frame |

Giclée fine art paper | Matte border

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