A snail's life
A Boston photographer returns again and again to a snail-paced project that delights in disorder

(Image credit: Daniel Ranalli)

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(Image credit: (Daniel Ranalli)For more than two decades, the artist has traveled to beaches both near his Boston home and farther away (most recently, Nova Scotia) to create images for his perennial projec)

(Image credit: (Daniel Ranalli))

(Image credit: (Daniel Ranalli))

(Image credit: (Daniel Ranalli))

(Image credit: (Daniel Ranalli)And while you might expect the snails' journeys to be painstakingly slow, Ranalli says he often faces the opposite problem."Once I place them, the action is more rapid th)

(Image credit: (Daniel Ranalli))

(Image credit: (Daniel Ranalli) **To see more of Daniel Ranalli's work, visit his website**)
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