Biografia
the beauty of the natural world has always touched us on a visceral level and examined in extreme close up. my images dazzle our eye with their jewel-like colour and almost fetishistic macro detail. i was inspired by a book containing lithographs of victorian pressed flowers he came across when staying with friends. “people find in these clusters all kinds of weird and wonderful things. female genitalia, penises! it’s quite fascinating.” seen in extreme close-up, the startling detail they offer can make us as feel we have somehow shrunk like alice in wonderland, while the blooms themselves have miraculously expanded.
in some pictures a very shallow field of focus makes the flowers appear to fly – while in others, the pin sharp focus of a macro lens allows us to contemplate their form and colour in the abstract.
