ROAD KILL ON THE MENU
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art. On seeing road kill on the side of a road, most people’s stomachs would turn. But these oddball photographs show how Scottish photographer Rowan Corkill, 26, gamely picked up the squashed critters and popped them in his mouth for his self-portrait project, which took place in 2010. ‘This is something that most human beings don’t do,’ said Rowan. ‘We have hands to hold things and we would never consider eating a random wild bird or squirrel…
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