When Covid hit, I started photographing flowers as a simple exercise to master the use of my new radio-controlled flashes. But, my flower photos were not much different from all the flower photos out there. I wanted something different. Â I stumbled on freezing flowers, arranging them in plastic containers, filling the containers with water and then freezing them. I found the results captivating and it became a personal project.
The flowers take on a completely different look and even personality after freezing and often, ironically, seem to move, although frozen. Each flower reacts differently. As the ice melts, the composition and effects change, and on a hot summer day they can melt quickly, so my journalistic skills of thinking on my feet come in handy.
As the ice transforms, it traps and refracts, distorts and reveals. Unexpected bubbles appear, swirls of color emerge, and petals seem to float in suspended animation. The result is Frozen Flowers, an ever changing study in composition and apparent movement in still life subjects.
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