Diana Scherer is an artist / photographer / collector and her work
and process is one that I appreciate and admire greatly. The above
photos are of wildflowers and weeds grown from seed and taken from her
garden in the Netherlands and patiently manipulated,
sometimes for up to six months, in vases so that the soil and roots are
coerced to take the shape of the vessel. When the moment is right, she
breaks the vases and 'captures' her pieces. Thus, collecting the
fleeting moment of a bloom in it's prime before it fades and dies. After
shooting it she puts it back in her garden.
“The ambiguous nature of collecting intrigues me,” she says. “It involves loving attention as well as a fanatical desire to control. The collector documents and stores the object of his desire in a systematic and detached way. I also treat and present my work in an objective manner, even though working with nature has an emotional charge for me.” - D. Scherer
read more about her process and work here
see more of her work here
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