Ant Photography by Russian Photographer Andrey Pavlov


The fantasy world of ants: photographs by Andrey Pavlov
The photographs in this picture gallery may look like they been Photoshopped or assembled with dead insects, but the ants in these images are very much alive. Russian photographer Andrey Pavlov spends hours setting up fairytale scenes. He studied ants, and saw that they all follow a very specific path when they’re working. So he put his props on their trail, and photographed the insects interacting with his miniature 'stage sets'.


The fantasy world of ants: photographs by Andrey Pavlov
Every summer he moves to a cottage in the countryside to photograph red forest ants in fairytale settings. He says: "When I had children and started reading them fairy tales, I realized it was something I never did as a child. That's when I decided to make up for it and start creating some fairytale of my own."


The fantasy world of ants: photographs by Andrey Pavlov
Andrey says: "I used to work in theater which was a big help when it came to making props..

The fantasy world of ants: photographs by Andrey Pavlov
"..I chose ants because I respect them and their way of life. They care about their children and look after the elderly."

Timeless: The amazing detail and unlikely juxtapositions give Mr Pavlov's pictures a make-believe feel - though of course, the ants are real
Timeless: The amazing detail and unlikely juxtapositions give Mr Pavlov's pictures a make-believe feel - though of course, the ants are real

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Fox Launch Complex

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Loser

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Bridge

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Duty at dawn

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Pod-bros, handsome!

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Poor Yo-rick

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Tomato Patrol

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Oh, uhnem!

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Study

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Same with pearl?

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Am I growing?

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Time, Forward!

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Yard team

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Tilly-Tilly dough

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Violence

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The new bridge, and the boatman scrounger

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Tell the children a story, Grandma Bee

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Hooray, the helicopter was shot down

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Stewed to the third

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Wally

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Village House

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I'm with you

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Tip Pack

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Extortionists

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Sly umbrella

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Bear take your bare hands

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Do not disturb the driver

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MMA

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Oh, Kalinda-Malinka

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On rotten swamp any scare

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Mum

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Going to work out

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Stool

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Andrei Pavlov (Antrey) welcomes its models

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Fluffy you are my

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Do not eat, little man will come
Picture: ANDREY PAVLOV / CATERS NEWS / THE TELEGRAPH.co.uk

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