Stefano Mirti’s Blueberries

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My botanical documents should contribute to restoring the link with nature. They should reawaken a sense of nature, point to its teeming richness of form, and prompt the viewer to observe for himself the surrounding plant world. ~ Karl Blossfeldt

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1928

Karl Blossfeldt, from: Urformen der Kunst

-Delphinium, Larkspur, part of a dried leaf-

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1928

Karl Blossfeldt, from: Urformen der Kunst

-Aspidium filixmas, Common male fern, young unfurling fronds-

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Karl Blossfeldt, from: Urformen der Kunst

-Aspidium filixmas, Adiantum pedatum, Maidenhair fern, young unfurling fronds-

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Karl Blossfeldt, from: Urformen der Kunst

-Adiantum pedatum, Maidenhair fern, young unfurling fronds-

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Karl Blossfeldt, from: Urformen der Kunst

-Pyrus alnifolia, Pear, branches w/ fruit-

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1928

Karl Blossfeldt, from: Urformen der Kunst

-Nigella damascena, Love-in-a-mist, sepals-

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Karl Blossfeldt, from: Urformen der Kunst

-Ballota acuta, Horehound, seed head-

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Karl Blossfeldt, from: Urformen der Kunst

-Ptelea trifoliata, Hop-tree, branch w/ cluster of fruits-

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Karl Blossfeldt, from: Urformen der Kunst

-Blumenbachia hieronymi (Loasaceae), Blumenbachia, open seed capsule-

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Karl Blossfeldt, from: Urformen der Kunst

-Arenaria tetraquetra, Sandwort, leaf cushion-

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Karl Blossfeldt, from: Urformen der Kunst

-Equisetum hyemale, Dutch rush-

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Karl Blossfeldt, from: Urformen der Kunst

-Equisetum hyemale, Dutch rush, scouring rush, cross-section-

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Karl Blossfeldt, from: Urformen der Kunst

-Cucurbita, Gourd, squash, stems-

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Karl Blossfeldt, from: Urformen der Kunst

-Impatiens glandulifera, Indian balsam, snapweed, branching-

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Karl Blossfeldt, from: Urformen der Kunst

-Chasmanthium latifolia (Gramineae)-

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Karl Blossfeldt, from: Urformen der Kunst

-Bryonia alba White bryony, tendrils-

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Karl Blossfeldt, from: Urformen der Kunst

-Venae folii, Leaf of a Colona species, leaf veins-

Karl Blossfeldt's photographs were made with a homemade camera that could magnify the subject up to 30 times its actual size, revealing details within a plant's natural structure.

Published in 1928 when Blossfeldt was 63 and a professor of applied art at the Berliner Kunsthochschule, "Urformen der Kunst" quickly became an international bestseller and in turn made Blossfeldt famous almost overnight.

His contemporaries were impressed by the

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abstract shapes and structures in nature that he revealed. In 2001 Urformen der Kunst was included in "The Book of 101 Books" as one of the seminal photographic books of the Twentieth Century.

Thanks to Giulia Fiorista for the remind!

More at: http://www.karlblossfeldtphotos.com/photos_list_live.asp…

and at: http://www.soulcatcherstudio.com/exhibitions/blossfeldt/