Since I posted drawings OF snails, I thought I should post drawings BY snails.

Explanation from Daniel Ranalli, artist: “This series of photographs is based on drawings made by snails on the wet sand in the intertidal zone. They are part of an ongoing series of works involving collaboration between the snails and me. I choreograph the snails’ starting positions, and then photograph the marks they make over time. The best pieces depend on a certain degree of randomness for their success. I tend to think of the snail pieces as a metaphor for the order we establish in our lives, and how the element of chance enters in to affect the result – regardless of how much we attempt to structure it.”