Plant Curator is astonished by the work of Cecelia Webber who takes photographs of nude models in different poses and then edits them together digitally to form inordinately life-like images of flowers or other organisms. When viewed at a distance, you do not notice the reality of the subject – how can that be? They are …
Stumbling across the work of food photographer Carl Warner is quite a trip. Below you will find a few of our favourite plant-food derived images. We seem to have a preference for green vegetables. See many more delicious shots, and learn all about this talented and successful foodscapist, on his website and via the video below. www.carlwarner.com …
Woody Campbell is taking one photo a day for the rest of his life. Not just any old photo, but a really nice one. He then puts it on his photo blog for us all to enjoy. Since he has been going for 1,645 days now, he is able to offer up interesting comparisons too. …
In photographer John Humphrey‘s ‘Pressed Flowers’ series he uses the scientific or vernacular name of the plant he captures. This, along with the close-up detail of the pressed flower he shoots, gives us an interesting perspective on these plants. The images feel very alive, all the more surprising considering the plants are not. He captures an interesting array of morphological detail, every …
If you are a photographer who submits your artwork to online image libraries such as istockphoto.com, Shutterstock, Getty Images or Dreamstime, you will know that there are a few key things you can do to increase your chances of success. Firstly, take a brilliant photograph; secondly, manage to get it accepted into the aforementioned library; and thirdly, …
Peter Lippmann appears to be a photographer who would greatly enjoy focusing on shooting plants full-time. His personal portfolio has collections of rotting fruit, flowers in jars and assorted cacti. In his commercial work he takes haute couture photographs of expensive shoes, handbags and jewellery, yet even for these assignments he manages to slip in …
Michael Nichols is an award winning National Geographic photographer. Not a bad job one would imagine. At the end of 2012 he was given the minor assignment of taking a picture of one of the biggest trees in the world – The President – a Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) located in the Giant Forest of …
Plant Curator is not really sure what is going on here, it’s all a bit weird but then kind of wonderful. French photographer Erwan Fichou combines topiary with people and elevation and makes elevated topiary people. Apparently, they are not photoshoped in, but are all really up there. He worked with gardeners in Mexico to …
A photogram is a cameraless image made by placing objects on or in front of light sensitive paper which is then exposed to a light source. The resulting image appears as a light silhouettes of the objects. Artist Allan Forsyth uses this technique to create some magical botanical artworks. These and more can currently be …
The story goes that David Lachappelle, the highly successful 21st Century American photographer, turned his back on commercial work because of Madonna. Where her big and vocal demands when making the video for Hung Up made him, the then director, walk off set and into a Hawaiian nudist camp. Well, maybe that was a good …