Still Life | Hydrangea Blooms in Water Glass
Two hydrangea blooms rest in a glass of water. Its speculated De Meyer was looking for a diversion from photographing people, and around 1906 began a series of flower studies like this one that are remarkable for their simplicity and radical in their composition.
From Photogravure.com: Writing in the January 1912 issue of Camera Work on related piece, the art critic Charles Caffin characterized the mood of this photograph: In its purity of color, the magic of its shimmering light and evanescent halftones, and the envelope of silky atmosphere which unites everything into an ensemble of impression, it is a veritable dream of loveliness. The poetry, latent in the material, hovers like fragrant breath over the whole conception.
