To find here what you do not seek
From death there springs new life again
Where once were flow'rs fall'n leaves are lain
It was by sheer serendipity I made this astonishing discovery today - Karl Blossfeldt (1865-1932), an art professor in the Berlin College of Art with a passion for plants. Although he never defined himself as a professional photographer, he devoted attention to capturing the geometrical beauty of plants with a camera of his own creation that can zoom up to 30 times the original size. Blossfeldt produced some 6000 plant pictures and is most well known for his publications Unformen der Kunst (Art Forms in Nature), Wundergarten der Natur (Magic Garden of Nature) and Wunder in der Natur (Magic in Nature). Here are some of his works:
Maidenhair Fern, Unfurling Fronds, 12x
Gourd, Squash, Tendrils, 4x
Mallow Family, Seed Capsule, 12x
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