Raymond 'Bones' Bandar { 78 images } Created 13 Sep 2015
Ray "Bones" Bandar has a collection of close to 7,000 skulls and skeletons. Artist, retired teacher, naturalist and a member of the California Academy of Sciences, he keeps most of his collection in a "Bone Palace" of his own making at his home. - I shot this series in 2010. Bandar passed away on Dec. 23, 2017. Here is a link to a video i did in on Bandar in his Bone Palace on Slate http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2013/09/video_of_raymond_bandar_s_bone_palace_a_natural_history_collection_that.html and a link to a book on Bandar and his work http://www.blurb.com/b/4557921-raymond-bandar-a-life-with-bones