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Karl Blossfeldt
Yarrow Leaf by Karl Blossfeldt
from $36.40Acanthus-mollis-flowers by Karl Blossfeldt
from $36.40Aristolochia-stems and leaves by Karl Blossfeldt
from $36.40Winter Horsetail by Karl Blossfeldt
from $36.40Wilkomm's Saxifrage by Karl Blossfeldt
from $36.40White Bryony Leaf and Tendril by Karl Blossfeldt
from $36.40Thujopsis Leaves by Karl Blossfeldt
from $36.40Star Thistle by Karl Blossfeldt
from $36.40Saxifrage by Karl Blossfeldt
from $36.40Mediterranean Sea Holly Leaf by Karl Blossfeldt
from $36.40Maple Stems by Karl Blossfeldt
from $36.40Horsetail and Hosta by Karl Blossfeldt
from $36.40Horsetail and Asparagus by Karl Blossfeldt
from $36.40Horse-Chestnut Shoots by Karl Blossfeldt
from $36.40Delphinium Leaves by Karl Blossfeldt
from $36.40Delphinium Leaf by Karl Blossfeldt
from $36.40Compass Plant Leaves by Karl Blossfeldt
from $36.40Common Milkweed by Karl Blossfeldt
from $36.40Blueberry by Karl Blossfeldt
from $36.40Big Betony and Aztec Tobacco by Karl Blossfeldt
from $36.40Pumpkin Tendrils by Karl Blossfeldt
from $36.40Beautyberry and Flowering Ash by Karl Blossfeldt
from $36.40Polypody Fern Frond by Karl Blossfeldt
from $36.40Blueberries and Fern Fronds by Karl Blossfeldt
from $36.40Hart's Tongue Fern Green by Karl Blossfeldt
from $36.40Hart's Tongue Fern by Karl Blossfeldt
from $36.40Karl Blossfeldt (born June 13, 1865, Schielo, Germany—died December 9, 1932, Berlin), was a German photographer best known for his precise photographs of plants; however, he began his career as a sculptor. Blossfeldt had no formal training as a photographer, but nevertheless designed his own cameras that he outfitted with lenses capable of magnifying his subjects up to 30 times their natural size. As a result, everyday garden flowers are presented in such a way that their rhythmic forms are emphasised to the extreme and the plants take on new and exotic characteristics. Blossfeldt wanted his work to act as a teaching aid and inspiration for architects, sculptors and artists. It was his firm belief that only through the close study of the intrinsic beauty present in natural forms, that contemporary art would find its true direction. The first of his three photo books, Art Forms in Nature was enormously successful and remains one of the most-significant photo books of the 20th century.