Enlightened Blooms

In Enlightened Blooms: Solarized Floral Diptychs, his first published book of photography, former fashion photographer Brad Oliphant explores the classical subject of flowers through a fresh and revitalizing lens. From hibiscus and tea rose to amaryllis and calla lily, Enlightened Blooms presents thirty-seven distinct diptychs, each uniquely transformed through the photographer’s process of solarization. Instead of intensifying the flowers’ colors, Oliphant chooses to first desaturate them, examining the forms and textures in black-and-white. Then, with the sensibility of a painter, he reintroduces color slowly and deliberately, for a final work both vibrant and restrained.

Brad Oliphant Photography
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