Sunday 28 December 2014

Adolphe Braun, Flower Study, Rose of Sharon

Adolphe Braun, Flower Study, Rose of Sharon


Unlike many nineteenth-century photographs primarily intended as scientific records, this elegant flower study was meant for commercial application and only later was valued for its completeness and compositional finesse. Perhaps stirred by a gentle breeze during the long exposure, several of the blossoms registered with a slight blurriness, making them appear almost to breathe and to reach beyond the dimensions of the photograph.

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