Tag: nature

Karl Blossfeldt (1865-1932) was a German instructor of sculpture and a self-taught photographer, who used his photographs of plant studies to educate his students about design elements in nature.

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“The plant never lapses into mere arid functionalism; it fashions and shapes according to logic and suitability, and with its primeval force compels everything to attain the highest artistic form.” source: TEG

Frozen American Niagara Falls

George Barker :: People on snow-covered ice at the base of the frozen American Niagara Falls, ca. 1883 [detail]
George Barker :: People on snow-covered ice at the base of the frozen American Niagara Falls, New York, ca. 1883 | src Library of Congress

Dryads, 1913 by Anne Brigman

Anne W. Brigman :: Dryads, 1913. Photogravure on thin off-white wove paper. Camera Work: A Photographic Quarterly, Volume 44 (1913) | src Harvard Art Museums
Anne W. Brigman :: Dryads, 1913. Photogravure on thin off-white wove paper. Camera Work: A Photographic Quarterly, Volume 44 (1913) | src Harvard Art Museums
Annie W. Brigman :: Dryads, 1913. Camera Work: A Photographic Quarterly, Heft 44 (1913)
Annie W. Brigman :: Dryads, 1913. Camera Work: A Photographic Quarterly, Heft 44 (1913)