This weekend I was gathering up all of the dying flowers in their arrangements around the studio to throw away and be replaced with new, young, fresh varieties I would pick up on my errands about town. As I pulled these out of the vase I couldn’t help but notice how beautiful they were in their delicate paper thin skin, and how sculptural the leaves had become. To me, they took on the form of dancers, if dancers were caught in a gust of wind and then frozen in time at that perfect expressive moment…
more natural beauty…
Butterfly & the Bell Jar || Winter Flowers || Simplicity || Forever Roses
It almost makes you feel guilty..
Love that you find beauty in all things Jamie, these photos of dying flowers are gorgeous.
Very Elizabeth Blackadder, i.e. lovely!
Very Irving Penn!
Jamie–love your perspective on all things in life!
who knew they could be so beautiful?! x
You should really check out Billy Kidd’s decaying flowers series! http://iwasshotbybillykidd.com/
I love how you brought beauty back to these dying flowers. They look gorgeous laid out like this.
Rachel
http://rachelinflight.com/
Absolutely gorgeous! I’ve been playing a bit with dried petal macro shots this year: http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/jean-booth.html?tab=artworkgalleries&artworkgalleryid=12026
what flower is it?