Karl Blossfeld - singer, the beauty of nature
Amazing fact: the pragmatist and rationalist has become one of the most romantic poets in the history of photography. German photographer Karl Blosfeld (1865-1932) saw an absolute beauty in the simple grass under your feet. Driven by the desire to capture this beauty, he invented a special camera, increasing the subject 30 times, and spent 30 years photographing their lives. All these natural forms have become models for the huge number of solutions in architecture, design, textiles, etc. In his works, there is neither shocking nor aggression, nor the artificial and contrived things, no template.
Although Carl Blosfeld was a teacher of sculpture and art theorist, he saw photography as a tool, not as an independent art form. In the process of artistic search, he came to the conclusion that the source of inspiration for all art forms is its nature. The fruit of this theory are micrographs of plants that make Blosfeld entered the history of world photography. When looking at these pictures it seems that you look not at the herbarium, and on an architectural design, where pictures of natural objects acquire the status of sculpture. Images photographer find a great wealth of forms, the perfection of detail, originality and elegance of the material. From simple and functional - to the increasingly convoluted until the baroque grandiosity. And all this wealth - just the stems, leaves, petals, roots, cocoons.
Let the pictures of Karl Blossfeld nearly 100 years, but the grass still grows beneath our feet.
Here you can find all the photos of Charles Blosfelda
Although Carl Blosfeld was a teacher of sculpture and art theorist, he saw photography as a tool, not as an independent art form. In the process of artistic search, he came to the conclusion that the source of inspiration for all art forms is its nature. The fruit of this theory are micrographs of plants that make Blosfeld entered the history of world photography. When looking at these pictures it seems that you look not at the herbarium, and on an architectural design, where pictures of natural objects acquire the status of sculpture. Images photographer find a great wealth of forms, the perfection of detail, originality and elegance of the material. From simple and functional - to the increasingly convoluted until the baroque grandiosity. And all this wealth - just the stems, leaves, petals, roots, cocoons.
Let the pictures of Karl Blossfeld nearly 100 years, but the grass still grows beneath our feet.
Here you can find all the photos of Charles Blosfelda
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