Ant collection

Ants Family Formicidae

170 species photographed over a decade across Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas.

From tiny woodland ants to giant tropical species, this collection reveals one of Earth’s most successful animal groups through high-resolution macro photography.

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100+ species photographed

10+ years of work

Global species from several continents

Portraits from a decade-long photographic study of ant diversity.

Dinomyrmex gigas — one of the largest ants in the world.

The story behind the collection

A decade spent looking closer.

The entire project began with one simple question from my daughter: “Where are the ants’ eyes, Daddy?”

That question changed the way I looked at ants. What began as curiosity grew into a long-term photographic study of their faces, anatomy, behaviour and extraordinary diversity.

Over more than ten years, I have photographed species from British woodlands, Mediterranean habitats, museum collections and tropical rainforests, including fieldwork in Madagascar.

Each finished portrait is assembled from many individual photographs, combined through focus stacking to reveal eyes, hairs, jaws, textures and structures that would otherwise remain invisible.

“Looking closely at ants revealed an entire world that had always been there, hidden beneath our feet.”

100+ species documented

10+ years of photography

Global fieldwork and collections