Portraits of Snakes

Can snakes be objects of beauty? If Los Angels based photographer Mark Laita has anything to say about it, then yes. His new book, Serpentine, is a beautiful photographic collection of all things that slither.

Because, of course, snakes.

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Fun fact? Laita got bit by a black mamba during a photo-shoot. Here’s how he survived.

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[Smithsonian]

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