Plants
In New Zealand bush the fern canopy holds light the way a cathedral holds sound.
Plants desk · Issue 08
An orchid that looks like a bee is doing exactly what it looks like
The flower offers no nectar. It offers an image, and the male bee keeps paying for it.
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Issue 08
Landscape
The rows are planted for harvest, not for visitors, and the coincidence of beauty is a side effect.
Craft
The shape is borrowed from cliffs and old pines, and the pot is doing half the work.
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Photo essay
Small subjects, patient hours
Most of these frames took longer to plan than to shoot. Wind is the enemy, a folding card is the cure, and the best light for a flower is usually the light nobody wants to stand in.
Rainforest canopy seen from a survey tower.
Editor's note
“Plants are not scenery. They keep time differently, which is exactly why photographing them changes how you walk through a place.”
Ingrid Halvorsen · Editor, Bloom
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