Penn State undergraduate Darya Alvarez recently completed an experimental fashion photography project aimed at helping viewers gain a greater appreciation of the critical role that pollinators play in the survival of terrestrial ecosystems. Ms. Alvarez, a junior majoring in Advertising with a minor in Photography, funded her project "To Carry the World" with a grant from the 2020 Apes Valentes Undergraduate Research Award.
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Photography by Darya Alvarez (2020)
A look at the beauty of the environment that humans stand to lose by endangering bees, as more than 80 percent of Earth's flowering plants require a pollinator to reproduce
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Photography by Darya Alvarez (2020)
A look at the beauty of the environment that humans stand to lose by endangering bees, as more than 80 percent of Earth's flowering plants require a pollinator to reproduce
![Image description](https://www.huck.psu.edu/assets/uploads/photo-gallery/_640xAUTO_fit_center-center_100_none/Alvarez-Loss-3.jpg)
Photography by Darya Alvarez (2020)
A look at the beauty of the environment that humans stand to lose by endangering bees, as more than 80 percent of Earth's flowering plants require a pollinator to reproduce
![Image description](https://www.huck.psu.edu/assets/uploads/photo-gallery/_640xAUTO_fit_center-center_100_none/Alvarez-Loss-4.jpg)
Photography by Darya Alvarez (2020)
A look at the beauty of the environment that humans stand to lose by endangering bees, as more than 80 percent of Earth's flowering plants require a pollinator to reproduce
![Image description](https://www.huck.psu.edu/assets/uploads/photo-gallery/_640xAUTO_fit_center-center_100_none/Alvarez-The-Hive.jpg)
Photography by Darya Alvarez (2020)
A multiple exposure made from images shot outside in a field to illustrate the various jobs of all the bees in a hive
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Photography by Darya Alvarez (2020)
A female model in a yellow power suit meant to invoke the matriarchal structure within a bee colony
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Photography by Darya Alvarez (2020)
A female model in a yellow power suit meant to invoke the matriarchal structure within a bee colony
![Image description](https://www.huck.psu.edu/assets/uploads/photo-gallery/_640xAUTO_fit_center-center_100_none/Alvarez-Bold-and-Yellow-3.jpg)
Photography by Darya Alvarez (2020)
A female model in a yellow power suit meant to invoke the matriarchal structure within a bee colony
![Image description](https://www.huck.psu.edu/assets/uploads/photo-gallery/_640xAUTO_fit_center-center_100_none/Alvarez-5-Dimensional.jpg)
Photography by Darya Alvarez (2020)
Bees have 5 eyes, a composite created with Photoshop that shows a model with a bee's eyes
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Photography by Darya Alvarez (2020)
A queen bee is shown flanked by several models who represent the worker bees
![Image description](https://www.huck.psu.edu/assets/uploads/photo-gallery/_640xAUTO_fit_center-center_100_none/Alvarez-Matriarch-2.jpg)
Photography by Darya Alvarez (2020)
A queen bee is shown flanked by several models who represent the worker bees
![Image description](https://www.huck.psu.edu/assets/uploads/photo-gallery/_640xAUTO_fit_center-center_100_none/Alvarez-Matriarch-3.jpg)
Photography by Darya Alvarez (2020)
A queen bee is shown flanked by several models who represent the worker bees
![Image description](https://www.huck.psu.edu/assets/uploads/photo-gallery/_640xAUTO_fit_center-center_100_none/Alvarez-Hazed.jpg)
Photography by Darya Alvarez (2020)
A psychedelic image of a beekeeper meant to depict the calming effect of the smoke used on honeybees while their honey is being harvested
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Photography by Darya Alvarez (2020)
A series of images meant to highlight the importance of honey to both bees and human beings
![Image description](https://www.huck.psu.edu/assets/uploads/photo-gallery/_640xAUTO_fit_center-center_100_none/Alvarez-Obsession-2.jpg)
Photography by Darya Alvarez (2020)
A series of images meant to highlight the importance of honey to both bees and human beings
![Image description](https://www.huck.psu.edu/assets/uploads/photo-gallery/_640xAUTO_fit_center-center_100_none/Alvarez-Obsession-3.jpg)
Photography by Darya Alvarez (2020)
A series of images meant to highlight the importance of honey to both bees and human beings
![Image description](https://www.huck.psu.edu/assets/uploads/photo-gallery/_640xAUTO_fit_center-center_100_none/Alvarez-Obsession-4.jpg)
Photography by Darya Alvarez (2020)
A series of images meant to highlight the importance of honey to both bees and human beings
![Image description](https://www.huck.psu.edu/assets/uploads/photo-gallery/_640xAUTO_fit_center-center_100_none/Alvarez-Obsession-5.jpg)
Photography by Darya Alvarez (2020)
A series of images meant to highlight the importance of honey to both bees and human beings