The more exotic, the better. ... We're so used to giving a dog a kiss, but we're not used to giving a lion a kiss, there are some people who make a living making your favorite cat or your favorite dog into a stuffed animal so you can always have it with you, but that's really morbid in a way.

Photographer Helge Skodvin

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There is a man driving his big truck, and in the back seat there is a stuffed deer putting its head up, it's quite funny in a way. Such a normal scene -- man driving his truck -- and then there is this thing that is strange. 'Why on Earth (does he have) a deer?'.

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Of course, without the dead animals, there is nothing, there is a need (for humans) to control nature in a way, to be on top of the animals.

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With these animals in real life, (they are) really frightening and dangerous, sometimes when the taxidermists make their piece, they make the lion into a frightening pose. ... They still want to make the leopard or the jaguar look really dangerous.

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I will definitely work more with this subject because it has so many layers, it's quite visual with the animals, and it also has many more deeper meanings, it brings up many questions.

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