Body of a Flower
You wanted me to fly. You wanted the honey and the flower. I wanted forever.
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Within my photo collage work lately I have been working on a sub-series called 𝓑𝓸𝓭𝔂 𝓸𝓯 𝓪 𝓕𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓻 utilizing Karl Blossfeldt’s stunning photographs of magnified plant surfaces from the early 20th century (groundbreaking for its time!) in conjunction with (often modern, public domain) insects and historical nudes from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It has been such a stimulating challenge finding a way to make these pieces work together and has also been a gratifying way to unite three great loves: nude photography/imagery, floral and plant photography/imagery and collage (with of course a touch of the surreal or peculiar).
𝑷𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒈𝒆; Historical sources utilized:
Phacelia tanacetifolia (Lacy Phacelia) enlarged 4 times from Urformen der Kunst by Karl Blossfeldt. Photograph. 1928
Portrait of Miss Elenor Boardman by Arnold Genthe. Photograph. 1918
Bee by Yu-Chan Chen. Photograph. 2013
