Enlightened Blooms: Solarized Diptych Floral Photographs

Description

In this exquisite collection of fine art photography, Brad Oliphant presents a distinctive new body of work - pairs of flower images transformed through the process of solarisation. Moving beyond the pastel palette of traditional flower photography, Oliphant has imbued these blooms with exuberant colour, breathing new life into a time-honoured subject matter. Side by side in stunning symmetry, these flowers are radiant - their glowing silhouettes, silver hues, and spectacularly distorted colours reminiscent of expressionist paintings. In an increasingly fast-paced world, the "Enlightened Blooms" encourage us to pause and pay attention to the beauty that surrounds us. While paying homage to a subject matter rich with symbolic and cultural significance, Oliphant makes us feel as if we are seeing flowers for the very first time. In their transformed states, these flowers beg to be lingered over, their forms contemplated, their very existence revered as a miraculous gift.

With over forty years of experience, Brad Oliphant stands at the frontline of fine art photography. His body of work spans the fields of fashion, commercial, and nature photography, and includes a smorgasbord of collections, ranging from florals to landscapes, angelic works to macro. Brad holds a BFA in photography from the University of North Texas, along with a long list of credits, awards, and gallery exhibitions. Having worked in fashion for twelve years, Brad's work has been featured by Dolce & Gabbana, Marie Claire, Ink, Flick, La Estetica, and Zink, among others. When his love for the fashion industry diminished and left him questioning where to go next, Brad turned to nature and quickly became aware that he had found his true love. Shooting nature and fine arts photography has become Brad's chosen path, and his objective is to inspire others with the grace and essence of spirit that lives and breathes in nature.

Sometimes there are color reversals of stark white tree trunks against multi-colored Jackson Pollock-style backgrounds of the weeping cherry or Georgia O Keeffe looking roses...This stunning, artistic book would be cherished by lovers of photography and flora as it shows expressive arrangements that engage the viewer to stop, slow down, and observe God s beautiful creations that surround us every day.--Conny Crisalli "Book Pleasures, April 7, 2015 "; "The results are published in the beautiful Enlightened Blooms (Glitterati Incorporated), a book which presents a highly saturated, almost neon vision of flowers, as though seen through an acid-trip lens. Published by Glitterati whose highly original books are produced absolutely impeccably, this is definitely one for the Jean-Michel Frank coffee table... put it beside Man Ray Portraits." --Christies.com