Photography by D. S. Brennan

Rhode Island photographer Diana Stith Brennan’s serene photographs perfectly capture the dark beauty of New England landscapes and natural history collections.

Browsing through the images in her Etsy shop and reading the stories that accompany them remind us of all the reasons we love living here. All of the small prints are affordably priced under $50 (we're thinking they'd look beautiful displayed as a series) and larger prints are available upon request.

Visit D. S. Brennan’s Etsy Shop.

Comments (17)

These are lovely. Except the photo of the mushroom looks like it was taken by someone else.

LoriSF,
The mushroom looks like a "through the viewfinder" shot. It's literally what it sounds like--you use two cameras, taking the photo through the viewfinder of the first camera.

She's got other photos in her shop that are identified as TTV images, though it's a little confusing. On some, she states that she shot through a Kodak Duaflex (implying it's a true TTV image) and on others, she says that all her TTV images are done digitally. I've done it both ways, and I'm not sure it matters, but some people think it does.

The colors are great, but I think having a photo of a dead bird on my wall would totally creep me out.

Birds don't like to have their legs tied to wooden dowels.

Dead birds don't really care what you tie their legs to ;)

I think the bird is too busy pining for the fjords to worry about being tied to a dowel.

Very beautiful... much less so after I found out the birds are dead!

Beautiful photography! What an amazing eye for color, detail and composition.

I love it. All of it.

These are amazing. Perusing her etsy shop now....

Beautiful colors and scenery - me likee :)

Gorgeous photos! I love the natural history works.

I Love every single one of her photos! Her eye for color and composition is amazing!

This artist has an amazing eye for detail! Each photo is incredibly beautiful and unique! Off to check out her Etsy shop!

I have the bird up in my living room and get tons of compliments, particularly on how different it is and on the bright shade of blue. It's a great if you, like me, love taxidermy, but are too weirded out by the real thing. Love her photographs.

Loved the first, second and fourth photograph until I found out the bird was dead in the first photo.

Omigod. Yuck.

I have a guilty conscience about a parrot that could have been treated better. I don't like to think about stuffed dead birds tied to perches, no matter how beautiful the bird was or the color composition can be made to look.

There was a movie waa-aa-ay back when called "El Cid" that featured a Spanish warrior called (guess what) El Cid who when dead was tied to his saddle to ride among his troops to freak out the other side. The concept of El Cid has long haunted me, and not in an appealing way.

Still love the second and fourth photos.