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Tag: Scanned Flowers Photography

Posted on June 15, 2014

The Scanner is My Night

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A photographer, Giovanni Castell,  sometimes shines artificial light on gardens at night.  I love his results.  Of his work he’s said he likes to provoke, “a pleasant unease”.

“Unease” is not my conscious impulse but the scanner is often … Read the rest

Posted on August 6, 2013

Vincent Van Gogh and I Have Something in Common After All: Zinnias

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It’s not often I feel I have something in common with Vincent Van Gogh since zinnias not sunflowers are my obsession and, well, there’s that matter of “genius” that animated his talent but, no matter–I just found a zinnia painting … Read the rest

Posted on July 31, 2013

To Bloom or Not to Bloom

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