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The Art of Absence
December 04, 2013 —
This issue’s Aviary artist Brandon Ballengee illustrates loss by literally cutting his subjects out of the picture.
Rene Ebersole is a contributing editor for Audubon and an adjunct faculty member at the NYU journalism school. Her wildlife trade investigations and reporting have been featured in National Geographic, The Nation, and more.