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

by Sarah Eberspacher
March 4, 2015

Double Line #2, 2007/2009
(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

Circle #11, 2005
(Daniel Ranalli)

Spiral Start #9, 1995/2009
(Daniel Ranalli)

Line #6, 2002
(Daniel Ranalli)

Chaos #2, 2004
(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

Rock Vein #1, 2013
(Daniel Ranalli)

Rock With Eight Snails, 2013
(Daniel Ranalli) **To see more of Daniel Ranalli's work, visit his website**