Flower Portraits: The Life Cycle of Beauty - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0821228536 ISBN 13: 9780821228531

Publisher: Bulfinch Press, 2003

Synopsis

Following the tremendous success of her book of portraits, Wise Women, acclaimed photographer Joyce Tenneson now turns her lens to the life of flowers. In this enchanting series of photographs, Tenneson breaks new ground by recording the often unseen and overlooked later phases in a plant's life, and finds exquisite beauty in their blossoming and gradual decline. These stunning portraits celebrate the life cycle and allow the reader to appreciate flowers in a new way, as well as contemplate the poignancy, fragility, and continual beauty of life itself. Tenneson's photographs follow in the long tradition of botanical illustrations of the 18th and 19th centuries as well as photographic masters such as Man Ray, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Irving Penn. Just as Tenneson's Wise Women chronicled the energy, vitality, and beauty of older women, FLOWER PORTRAITS offers a compelling look at the radiant and exquisitely individual metamorphosis of flowers in the later phases of their lives.

About this title

About the Author:

Joyce Tenneson is one of the most celebrated photographers of our time. She is the author of six books, including Wise Women (Bulfinch, 2002). Her work has appeared in countless publications as well as in more than 150 galleries, museums, and exhibits worldwide. She lives and works in New York City.

Review:

"What Tenneson has discovered and captured in her images for more than a decade and a half is female strength and spirituality."

About this edition

• Publisher: Bulfinch Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0821228536
• ISBN 13: 9780821228531
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 120