num_pages: 96
description: Catherine Chalmers' second Aperture monograph invites us to meditate on the pleasures and terrors of the common domestic pest, Periplaneta americana , also known as the American cockroach. In three different series of photographs, Infestations , Imposters and Executions , Chalmers challenges us to reconsider how we distinguish between creepy infestation and acceptable nature. With a slight B-movie quality, the images push us to think carefully about the ways in which we determine some creatures to be lovable and others best squashed under a shoe.
language: English
title: Catherine Chalmers: American Cockroach
titlecomplete: Catherine Chalmers: American Cockroach
ratings_count: 13
publisher: Aperture