Leendert Blok (German Edition): Silent BeautiesFotografien aus den 1920er-Jahren - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3775740368 ISBN 13: 9783775740364

Publisher: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2015

Synopsis

Leendert Blok (1895–1986) experimented with color photography and the use of the panoramic format. In the twenties, the Dutch photographer worked in close collaboration with flower producers, providing color prints and autochromes for the display catalogues of the various species they cultivated. Blok captured flowers like objects of desire, using the Autochrome Lumière technique. For Blok, photography relates above all to the gaze. Muted tones and soft bronze hues reveal a timeless world of flora, in which corolla, petals, and buds are sublimated by chiaroscuro. The flowers stand out against a plain dark background, alluding to the famous vanitas of the Dutch Golden Age. Tulips, dahlias, daffodils, irises, hyacinths, and peonies reveal themselves in all their glorious diversity. The photographs of Leendert Blok are reminiscent of botanists’ slides of yore, immersing us in the immanence of plant life, in which each flower becomes sculpture. (English edition ISBN 978-3-7757-4037-1)

About this edition

• Publisher: Hatje Cantz Verlag
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 3775740368
• ISBN 13: 9783775740364
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 176