Chester, New Jersey. Photo and darkroom print by Paul Goldfinger.

West Mt. Hermon Way alley garden. Ocean Grove. By Paul Goldfinger. Blogfinger.net 6/14/23. Click once to  enlarge.

By Paul Goldfinger,  Editor Blogfinger.net

It’s true that the essence of a flower is often in its color, and that is probably essential for a honey bee and most photographers, but for some artists, that is not necessarily the case.

Light, texture, form, and  composition are all elements that can be revealed in a photographic image. Black and white photographs of flowers reveal a unique and beautiful perspective.

Robert Mapplethorpe loved to photograph flowers and he often did so in black and white. He published a book of flower photos.    He was also a master of homoerotic photography, but we’ll skip that today:

Robert Mapplethorpe. Internet photo.

Robert Mapplethorpe. Internet photo.

SANDER JURRIAANS AND DANILE BENSI:  Soundtrack from the movie The Amish—“Winter”