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Martin Rak finds silence in the trees

Martin Rak finds silence in the trees

Prague based Martin Rak is an accomplished landscape photographer who we have featured here before; today we take a look at some more of his pictures.  Tree photography, due to the scale, is one of the more difficult plant genres to master. Rak has managed it well, showing a range of engaging composition styles. One of these is …

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The inherent artistry of bryophytes

The inherent artistry of bryophytes

Bryophytes are mosses and liverworts. Mosses and liverworts are ancient non-flowering members of the plant kingdom. They are more often than not very small, although readily form carpets covering large areas. They have wonderful common names like Flapwort, Haircap or Sheathed Timmia, and scientific names that are impossible to remember such as Brachythecium rutabalum. On …

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The hidden beauty of paper

The hidden beauty of paper

Scientist and artist Charles Kazilek uses a super powered microscope to show the startling beauty and intricacy of plant-fibres used for paper. The images focus on an area the size of a full-stop.

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Trees after dark with Amanda Friedman

Trees after dark with Amanda Friedman

Amanda Friedman is a successful travel, celebrity and lifestyle photographer living in Los Angeles. One series of work – Night Landscapes – captures the quiet presence and spirit of urban trees after dark.

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Two new photographic books with plants

Two new photographic books with plants

Two recent plant art photographic books worth contemplating while laying in a grassland meadow or alternatively standing in the Tate Modern bookshop. Scott McFarland, Snow, Shacks, Streets, Shrubs McFarland is a wonderful photographer. His extensive focus on gardens and plants works in his favour here too. This collection of previous years’ work has a good selection of such …

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Cowboy Frank has an eye for plants, colour and form

Cowboy Frank has an eye for plants, colour and form

Frank, a.k.a Franktele1’s profile picture on Flickr is of a man in a cowboy hat. Something suggests that it’s probably not him. But it is hard to know for sure because he’s kept personal information to an absolute minimum: all we know is he’s male, ‘super ugly’ and joined Flickr in 2009. What he does …

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Nick Knight knows his flowers & how to deliver them

Nick Knight knows his flowers & how to deliver them

Nick Knight OBE (b.1958) is a celebrated, influential and innovative image maker and fashion photographer. He also has a thing for flowers: fiddling around with them, manipulating them, before finally capturing them. He does it really well too. Like many other great creatives, he recognises the relentless wonder to be had from the relentless morphological …

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Five photographs capture the magic of trees

Five photographs capture the magic of trees

The following images demonstrate the ability of trees to inspire, calm and astonish all at the same time. 1. Silvia Camporesi, Il bosco bianco, 2012. This photograph won the category of best Contemporary Photography in last year’s Francesco Fabbri Prize for Contemporary Art. Is further proof required that trees are living, sentient beings? Artist’s website …

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Plant photography competitions 2014/15

Plant photography competitions 2014/15

There are a number of places where plant photographers can compete to win awards and acclaim. We list some of the best ones below. International Garden Photographer of the Year 2014 Over the last 7 years this competition seems to have grown exponentially, originally a small affair it now appears to be the most efficient …

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The Top 5 Identification Guides for UK Wild Plant Photographers

The Top 5 Identification Guides for UK Wild Plant Photographers

If you are making a living out of photography, you must be good. If you are making a living out of wild plant photography you’re a genius. There is not much call for wild plant photographs these days, especially macro shots that offer a portrait of an individual plant. Some talented individuals have success with …

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