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Barbara Bordnick has that rare and unique eye that can reveal the wonders and beauty of flowers, never seen before by other artists who too often only borrow the obvious.” —Arnold Newman
Secret Landscapes volume II
volume II
Barbara Bordnick is an internationally renowned fashion and portrait photographer whose work has been published in major magazines, including Harper’s Bazaar, Life, Vogue Francais, the New York Times Magazine, and GEO. She has had one-woman shows in the U.S. and Europe, and her work has been included in exhibitions around the world. Ms. Bordnick’s photographs are in the permanent collections of The International Center of Photography, The Portland Museum of Art, The Polaroid Collection, and The George Eastman House, as well as in many private collections. She is also a widely sought-after teacher and lecturer who lives in New York City.
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Secret Landscapes of Flowers volume II Barbara Bordnick The first volume of Barbara Bordnick’s photographs of flowers, Searchings: Secret Landscapes of Flowers, was published in 2003 to widespread critical acclaim and resulted in exhibitions at Caelum Gallery (New York City), East End Books (Easthampton, NY), the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens (New York City), the Cleveland Botanical Gardens, the Modernbook Gallery (Palo Alto, CA), and the Pacific Center for Photographic Arts (Emeryville, CA). In this sequel— Searchings: Secret Landscapes of Flowers, volume II—Bordnick continues her uniquely intimate examination of a world of infinite variety and beauty. Each photograph is a revelation of form, color, and, not surprisingly, mood. What started for Bordnick as an exploration of the landscapes of flowers has evolved into a journey through the peaks and valleys not only of their forms, but of her own emotions. The resulting images are enthralling portraits that are both powerful and delicate, tumultuous and serene.
Includes 80 full-color plates
Not everything has a name. Some things lead us into a realm beyond words. . . . —Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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To Madison, Alyssa, Zachary, and Lauryn And my brother Paul This bouquet is for you.
I began my journey down the garden path with Searchings, the first volume in this series of intimate flower portraits. Awakened to a world of color and shape, sensuousness and beauty, I was enchanted and intoxicated by these previously unseen secret landscapes. As I spent more time in this new universe, the mystery continued. I began to see the flowers as acquaintances. They became playful, haughty, gossipy, gaudy, sometimes even frightening— revealing creatures that were living incredibly complex lives, completely indifferent to appearing ‘beautiful’ to the human eye. Even after making hundreds of portraits, I never tire of them. With each flower I encounter the journey unfolds, illuminating ever deeper layers of intimacy. —Barbara Bordnick, New York City , January 2004
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Acknowledgments To Christa Huffman, Jason Gallacher, Donna Mitchell, John Stark, Mel Litoff, and Phillip Weiner for their indispensable assistance in making this book possible. To David Metz and Canon USA for their support and contribution to this project. To Gregory Wakabayashi for his beautiful design; to Clark Wakabayashi for producing this book; and to Lena Tabori for endless encouragement and insisting on publishing a sequel. To Linda Lewis, Ryszard Horowitz, Françoise and Douglas Kirkland, China Machado, Duane Michals, Arnold Newman, Michael Newler, Sandro Santioli, Barbara Turk, Sylvia Waters, Lauren Wendle, Ed Agostini, Tom Barr, Hester Bell, Fredda Bruckner, and my fellow practitioners at Nanlaoshu for their support and friendship. To Raymundo Maltos of Takashimaya florist; Corey Ginsburg and Legion Papers; Paul Wild and Mark Schotland of Bogen/Elinchrome; Dan Steinhardt and Epson; and Adobe for their generosity To the staff at Welcome Books and Corinne Lapin-Cohen. To my family for their love. To my devoted, astonishingly beautiful Ossie for being at my side or on my monitor no matter the hour. To Mother Nature, with the hope that I have done her justice.
The photographs in this book were made on a studio set and on location with the Canon EOS 10D and Canon EOS 1Ds digital cameras on a Gitzo tripod, using Canon 50mm ƒ2.5 Compact Macro, Canon 100mm ƒ2.8 Macro, and 70–200mm ƒ2.8 zoom lenses. On the studio set, an Elinchrome Digital S Head studio strobe in a lightbank was used as the main light and umbrella bounced as the back light (exposure: 125/ƒ19–32). On location, daylight was used as backlight with front reflector fill (exposure: varied/ƒ16–22).
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