Warwick Orme (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Warwick Orme (illustrator). 1st Edition. Gorgeous and unusual photography. A beautiful copy. This is a heavy book. International buyers will need to contact for a quote on any excess postage that might be required. 197 pages.

Large quarto, illus heavy card boards, black lettering to front board & spine, photographic images of flowers to boards, 200pp, illus, VG+ (slight water damage throughout, v. slight bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG (slight soiling to wrappers, water damage/rust to front).

Folio. Col.ill.bds. Dustjacket. 184pp. (sl foxing) to top & foredge. Profusely illustrated in colour. Very good copy. 1st ed. Australia's leading floral photographer, Warwick Orme, has taken the traditional floral still life into breathtaking new territory with his giant, digitally enhance floral portraits.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. THERE ARE NO TARIFFS OR CUSTOMS DUTIES ON BOOKS. For photographer Warwick Orme, Floranova is a culmination of a lifelong interest in photography and a passion for the beauty of flowers. His images are unique, conveying his personal passion for and knowledge of his subject. Now with the use of cutting edge photographic technology and lavish format, Orme has taken the traditional floral still-life into breathtaking new territory. Shooting and cropping close, he captures exquisite details of stamens, pollen, nuance of colour and pattern with all the analytical fervour of a botanist. Back-lighting adds a surreal translucency that illuminates the spirit of the subject as well. Glowing blossoms explode in super-saturated colour while the soft pale hues of fragile blooms are evocative of the subtlety of watercolour. Orme refers to his radical floral portraits as digital watercolours.From the age of 12 years, and motivated by an inspirational school art teacher to 'go out there and take pictur.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Size 340mmX255mm. Photographer Warwick Orme has recently turned his sophisticated eye from fashion to flora with the work he calls'Floranova', with the use of cutting edge photographic technology , Orme has taken the traditional floral still life into breathtaking new territory. With 'Floranova', what began with a study of a single rose has grown to a bank of more than 150 different plant varieties. **The book and jacket are in very nice condition EXCEPT for a very small chip out of the back bottom cover and the jacket is scuffed and has a small tear at the back bottom. It appears that the book may have received the damage when the book had been been dropped.**.