LJ Evans
Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:32:56 PDT

Botanicals is an exhibit of extremely close-up color photographs of flowers and plant materials which were created without the use of a camera. The 31 framed works reference the historical memento mori art movement intended to remind the viewer of the fragility of life. The work explores the details of a world unseen by the naked eye. The images were all made using a flatbed scanner at extremely high resolution but often seem more three-dimensional than would usually be expected from that process. There is something unusual about the lighting in these images but it’s hard to put one’s finger on quite what unless you are aware of the process.