Karl Blossfeldt, 1865-1932

Blossfeldt photographed the flowers, buds and seed capsules of thousands of plants, all in extreme close-up and in front of a neutral background. When he published his book Art Forms in Nature in 1928, he became famous overnight. His contemporaries were enchanted by the abstract shapes and structures in nature which he revealed to the world. This book contains 30 largely unknown photos in addition to all the texts and plates in Blossfeldt's three books: Art Forms in Nature, Magic Garden of Nature and Magic in Nature.