Insectos al detalle: vecinos urbanos

Insectos al detalle: vecinos urbanos invites visitors to discover the hidden biodiversity of cities through scientific photography at the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales.

The exhibition brings together a photographic project focused on the small arthropods that inhabit urban environments and which usually go unnoticed in day-to-day life. Throughout the tour of the rooms, the public contemplates common species of the Iberian Peninsula through photocompositions crafted from numerous photomicrographs. This technique makes it possible to observe the specimens with a very high degree of detail, showing textures, colours and anatomical structures that escape human vision. The images are accompanied by specific lighting systems that highlight the volumes and transparencies of each organism.

The Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, a Madrid institution dedicated to scientific outreach, hosts this proposal conceived by Máher Fahim Fernández, a biologist specialised in biodiversity and an expert in scientific imaging. The display also highlights the value of digitisation in invertebrate collections to facilitate their conservation and study. The visit is aimed at a broad public interested in science, nature and documentary photography, offering a different perspective on the smallest urban fauna.