Chiaroscuro Photograph - Limited Edition of 12

My project entitled “The Garden“ , was born out of my fascination for flower and plant forms, and the sculptural feel they give me, while observing them under particular lightning conditions. My interest for this subject started long ago, when as a little girl I played with plants, using them as toys, making dolls and various other objects, and also by putting them into water and then watching them glitter under the surface. This interest has never diminished, it has enabled me to express myself in different ways. The Garden is a series of black and white photographs, made on film, with medium format and 35 mm cameras and printed in the darkroom. The setup for these particular photographs is always simple, with a dark or black background. I photograph the subject in the darkness of the room, using a little light bulb to illuminate the flower, during a long exposure. This technique, called painting with light, offers me the possibility of making visible only what I want to be visible, thus reducing the composition and emphasizing the texture and form. The result is often seen as sensual, which is just fine, but confirms that people often experience the obscurity as mystery and mystery as sensuality.