Emotional/Provocative photography

Recently I got a Gannet skull, where the birds death had been caused by man, a fishing net tangled around its beak. I wanted to use it to express how we're damaging nature and bothering it. I wanted to create images like this to raise awareness and to make the viewer think.

These two shots were practicing with depth of field. I wanted the first photo to focus more on the net, and the second to focus more on the birds plight. These photos could represent the plight of man, the way he prioritizes himself over nature, which is why the net is the priority focus. I also like the lighting colour, the way it has a somewhat blue, sad tinge to it. The white background makes the animal seem pure, innocent, whilst the chaotic mess of the net expresses how destructive man is. The viewer could see it in many different ways. 

For this picture, I tried out using some pages of my Grays anatomy book. I like the way that the page I chose expressed the middle finger, almost like the bird is being flipped off by humans. I also like how it could represent the disregard for animals deaths, even if they are responsible, but due to the obscenity this picture could be more thought provocative. 

With this final picture, I wanted to make the net look more like a nest, which was what caused the animals death. It expresses it quite well, with the de-saturated lighting and the way the book is folded, trying to close on the skull like the animals time and story are up. All in all, these pieces are based more on provoking emotions than anything else, trying to express what we're doing to our wildlife.