A Declaration of Love

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Stella Gommans :: Field of Dreams. From : “A Declation of Love. Flowers in Dutch Light” | src Gommans
Stella Gommans :: Field of Dreams. From : “A Declation of Love. Flowers in Dutch Light” | src Gommans

This series celebrates flowers – capturing their different phases and the variety of shapes and colours – each telling their own story. In beautiful detail it depicts how the light emphasises the elegance of the stem, or how it catches the leaf, or how it allows us to catch a glimpse of the brittle petals and the burst of colours when in full bloom. The viewer is invited to look closer and sometimes even take a step back, because in that instant – hidden aspects emerge – like a choreography, a fabulous dance.

‘A Declaration of Love, flowers in Dutch light’ is a series that symbolises life.

Flowers naturally bloom in all their strength, vulnerability and beauty – with elegance and grace – poetically captured in that single moment in time, never to be repeated again.

It is a serenade to life and love! [quoted from Stella Gommans website]

Stella Gommans :: Magic in Process. From : “Flowers in Dutch Light”
Stella Gommans :: Magic in Process. From : “Flowers in Dutch Light” at Elliott Gallery
Stella Gommans :: A Fresh Start. From : “Flowers in Dutch Light” at Elliott Gallery
Stella Gommans :: You Are Awesome. From : “Flowers in Dutch Light” at Elliott Gallery
Stella Gommans :: Take Your Time. From : “Flowers in Dutch Light” at Elliott Gallery
Stella Gommans :: Kind of Classy. From : “Flowers in Dutch Light” at Elliott Gallery
Stella Gommans :: Head up Gorgeous. From : “Flowers in Dutch Light” at Elliott Gallery

All images: Archival Pigment Prints on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Paper

David Castenson: On Lotus

David Castenson :: Lotus. Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, Virginia, 2022. © David Castenson / direct link
David Castenson :: Lotus. Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, Virginia, 2022. © David Castenson / direct link
David Castenson :: Lotus. Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, Virginia, 2022. © David Castenson / direct link
David Castenson :: Lotus. Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, Virginia, 2022. © David Castenson / direct link
David Castenson :: Lotus blossoms. Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, Virginia, 2021. © David Castenson / direct link
David Castenson :: Lotus blossoms. Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, Virginia, 2021. © David Castenson / direct link
David Castenson :: Untitled [Lotus blossoming]. Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, Virginia, 2021. © David Castenson / direct link
David Castenson :: Untitled [Lotus blossoming]. Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, Virginia, 2021. © David Castenson / direct link

All four photographs in this post were taken by David Castenson at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, Virginia, between 2021 and 2022. You can follow the link to his Flickr to view them in hi-res and more detailed information.

David Castenson, born in 1957, is an amateur photographer based on the US, he have only been taking photos since about 2016. You can find him on Flickr or tumblr.

With magic key… unlocking buds

«With magic key… unlocking buds» (p. 103)
Harry Clarke :: Illustration for the poem To the Coming Spring (Margaret Mackenzie), collected in ‘The year’s at the spring; an anthology of recent poetry’. New York: Brentanos, 1920.
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