Product Description

Christopher Beane's extraordinary work moves beyond the cliches of flower photography and has reinvigorated the genre with a different kind of intensity and vision, making flower images new again. Avoiding the hackneyed and sentimental, Beane's photographs have earned him comparisons to Robert Mapplethorpe, Georgia O'Keefe, Edward Weston, Brice Marden, and Richard Serra. In colour and black-and-white, against a range of backdrops (marbleized paper, opalescent glass), Beane photographs irises, rununculi, milkweed, morning glory, tulips, orchids, and more. There are dark, moody shots of flowers whose glory is nearly faded and brighter-than-sunshine images of young blossoms. Seed pods burst open revealing their fluffy contents, withered leaves curl protectively around berries, and frilly petals unfurl like a ball gown. "Flower" is a dazzling and sensuous celebration of colour and form, from one of today's most exciting artists.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #118850 in Books
• Published on: 2008-05-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 168 pages

Review
"His photographs transforms flowers and plants into something remarkably unexpected---- shapes that dazzle and confound in equal measure." - House & Garden"

Customer Reviews

Superb
This is a truly beautiful book. The photographs are stunning and invite you to try to understand how Beane lit and arranged the subjects. The accompanying essay gives a fascinating account of Beane's work. Especially if you are into floral photography, this is a book to treasure.

Breathtaking
Christopher Beane's work is truly beautiful and utterly inspiring. I'd recommend this book to anyone interested in flower photography.