Striped Camellias by Kazumasa Exhibition Animals tightly cropped blossoms and looping

tightly cropped blossoms and looping outlines that turn a quiet botanical subject into a study of movement and light

the layered foliage

The companion piece to its ascending counterpart

The result is a portrait of presence rather than performance

Striped Camellias by Kazumasa Exhibition Animals tightly cropped blossoms and loopingCamellia japonica, with its precise, formal petals, was a favourite subject in both Japanese painting and early botanical photography and Kazumasa's striped variety is a particularly striking example. The flowers are caught in their prime: petals patterned in clean stripes of crimson and white, the geometry almost architectural in its regularity. His collotype process reproduces the pigmentation with a fidelity that no hand coloured engraving could