Flower study by Edward Seymour

Edward Seymour :: Flower Study, ca. 1905. Die Kunst in der Photographie 1905
Edward Seymour :: Flower Study, ca. 1905. Die Kunst in der Photographie 1905
Edward Seymour :: Flower Study, ca. 1905. Die Kunst in der Photographie 1905
Edward Seymour :: Flower Study, ca. 1905. Die Kunst in der Photographie 1905

Schon fast lebendig

Aenne Biermann :: Orchid, ca. 1930. Gelatin silver print. [Detail] From : Aenne Biermann : Up Close and Personal at Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Aenne Biermann :: Orchid, ca. 1930. Gelatin silver print. [Detail] From : Aenne Biermann : Up Close and Personal at Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Aenne Biermann :: Schon fast lebendig. Orchid, ca. 1930. Gelatin silver print. © Collection Biermann family. | Museum Ludwig, Köln
Aenne Biermann :: Schon fast lebendig. Orchid, ca. 1930. Gelatin silver print. © Collection Biermann family. | Museum Ludwig, Köln
Aenne Biermann (1898 – 1933) :: Ohne Titel (Anthurium), 1927. Gelatin silver print. NGA purchase through Kicken Gallery, Berlin, 2018. | src National Gallery of Art
Aenne Biermann (1898 – 1933) :: Ohne Titel (Anthurium), 1927. Gelatin silver print. NGA purchase through Kicken Gallery, Berlin, 2018. | src National Gallery of Art
Aenne Biermann (1898-1933) :: Funkia 1926. Gelatin silver print. | src MoMA
Aenne Biermann (born Anna Sibilla Sternfeld, 1898-1933) :: Funkia 1926. Gelatin silver print. | src MoMA

Gommans’ Flowers in Dutch Light

Stella Gommans :: All Delicate and Dreamy. From : "Flowers in Dutch Light" at Elliott Gallery
Stella Gommans :: All Delicate and Dreamy. From : “Flowers in Dutch Light” at Elliott Gallery
Stella Gommans :: In My Mind. Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Paper. From : "A Declaration of Love. Flowers in Dutch Light"
Stella Gommans :: In My Mind. Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Paper. From: “A Declaration of Love. Flowers in Dutch Light
Stella Gommans :: Head up Gorgeous. 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

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

Flowers in Dutch Light

Stella Gommans :: A Gorgeous Mess From : "Flowers in Dutch Light" at Elliott Gallery
Stella Gommans :: A Gorgeous Mess. From : “Flowers in Dutch Light” at Elliott Gallery | for better resolution see image on bottom

“Flowers in Dutch Light”

Taking inspiration from the mastery of Dutch Golden Age painters and by blending this with 20th century photographers and their use of light, Stella Gommans’ resulting work is poetic, aesthetic, elegant and minimalistic. For Gommans – a former dancer and a largely self-taught photographer, nature in its broadest sense is an unfailing source of inspiration.

This exquisite body of work celebrates flowers – capturing their different phases and the variety of shapes and colours – each telling their own story. In beautiful detail she 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. Gommans invites the viewer 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. Quoted from Elliott Gallery

Stella Gommans :: A Beautiful Chaos. From : "A Declaration of Love. Flowers in Dutch Light" | Stella Gommans
Stella Gommans :: A Beautiful Chaos. From : “A Declaration of Love. Flowers in Dutch Light” | Stella Gommans
Stella Gommans :: Embrace the Journey. From : “Flowers in Dutch Light” at Elliott Gallery
Stella Gommans :: Smile, Sparkle and Shine. From : “Flowers in Dutch Light” at Elliott Gallery
Stella Gommans :: Time Will Tell. From : “Flowers in Dutch Light” at Elliott Gallery
Stella Gommans :: Escape the Ordinary. From : “Flowers in Dutch Light” at Elliott Gallery
Stella Gommans :: Handle with Care. From : “Flowers in Dutch Light” at Elliott Gallery
Stella Gommans :: Attitude is Everything. From : “Flowers in Dutch Light” at Elliott Gallery
Stella Gommans :: A Gorgeous Mess. From : "Flowers in Dutch Light" at Elliott Gallery
Stella Gommans :: A Gorgeous Mess. From : “Flowers in Dutch Light” at Elliott Gallery

All images: Archival Pigment Prints on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Paper

Hommage to Sanyu by Meeuws

Bas Meeuws :: Hommage à Sanyu (# 09), 2018. C-Type print. | src Per van der Horst Gallery at Photo Basel
Bas Meeuws :: Hommage à Sanyu (# 09), 2018. C-Type print. | src Per van der Horst Gallery at Photo Basel

A photographical interpretation of the magical, almost abstract flower paintings by the great Chinese painter Sanyu (1901-1966). The Homage à Sanyu series is inspired by the paintings of the Chinese – French artist Sanyu (or Chang Yu), who lived and worked in Paris in the early 20th century. In works from this series, Meeuws makes a photographic translation of Sanyu’s painting into a modern medium. He wants to translate Sanyu’s paintings photographically without destroying the atmosphere of those paintings.

Bas Meeuws :: Hommage à Sanyu (# 35), 2018. C-print op Dibond met acrylglas. | src amuse
Bas Meeuws :: Hommage à Sanyu (# 35), 2018. C-print op Dibond met acrylglas. | src amuse
Bas Meeuws :: Hommage à Sanyu (# 12), 2018. C-print op Dibond met acrylglas. | src Galerie Wilms
Bas Meeuws :: Hommage à Sanyu (# 12), 2018. C-print op Dibond met acrylglas. | src Galerie Wilms

Easter Lily by Alma Lavenson

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Alma Lavenson :: Easter Lily, 1932. Gelatin silver print. Signed in pencil on the Crescent Board mount; titled and dated in ink on the ’58 Wildwood Gardens, Piedmont, California’. | src Phillips

Pink carnation (1910s)

autochrome 1910s
Karl Struss (1886-1981) :: [Pink carnation - single bloom], ca. 1910-1917. Additive color screen plate. | src Amon Carter Museum P1983.24.19
Karl Struss (1886-1981) :: [Pink carnation – single bloom], ca. 1910-1917. Additive color screen plate. | src Amon Carter Museum P1983.24.19

Blueish flowers by Greenwood

Sam Greenwood :: Cineraria, ca. 1910, autochrome. | src V&A museum
Sam Greenwood :: [Pink] Cineraria, ca. 1910, autochrome. | src V&A museum
Sam Greenwood :: Gloxininias no. 5, ca. 1910, autochrome. | src V&A museum
Sam Greenwood :: Gloxininias no. 5, ca. 1910, autochrome. | src V&A museum
Sam Greenwood :: Blue flowers, ca. 1910, autochrome. | src V&A museum
Sam Greenwood :: Blue flowers, ca. 1910, autochrome. | src V&A museum

Tulips and hyacinths, 1928

Jan Zdzisław Włodek :: Tulips and hyacinths. Greenhouse in Pędzichów, 1928. Autochrome of blooming tulips and hyacinths in the greenhouse of the Włodków villa in Kraków. | src Archiwum Rodziny Włodków z Dąbrowicy
Jan Zdzisław Włodek :: Tulips and hyacinths. Greenhouse in Pędzichów, 1928. Autochrome of blooming tulips and hyacinths in the greenhouse of the Włodków villa in Kraków. | src Archiwum Rodziny Włodków z Dąbrowicy
Jan Zdzisław Włodek :: Tulipany i hiacynty. Cieplarnia na Pędzichowie, 1928. Autochrome of blooming tulips and hyacinths in the greenhouse of the Włodków villa in Kraków. | src Archiwum Rodziny Włodków z Dąbrowicy
Jan Zdzisław Włodek :: Tulips and hyacinths. Greenhouse in Pędzichów, 1928. Autochrome of blooming tulips and hyacinths in the greenhouse of the Włodków villa in Kraków. | src Archiwum Rodziny Włodków z Dąbrowicy
Detail from an Autochrome of blooming tulips and hyacinths (1928) by Jan Zdzisław Włodek
Jan Zdzisław Włodek :: Tulips and hyacinths. Greenhouse in Pędzichów, 1928. Autochrome of blooming tulips and hyacinths in the greenhouse of the Włodków villa in Kraków. | src Archiwum Rodziny Włodków z Dąbrowicy
Jan Zdzisław Włodek :: Tulips and hyacinths. Greenhouse in Pędzichów, 1928. Autochrome of blooming tulips and hyacinths in the greenhouse of the Włodków villa in Kraków. | src Archiwum Rodziny Włodków z Dąbrowicy