Publisher/Van Zoetendaal

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"Nurture Studies" is a collection of works by Dutch photographer Diana Scherrer. Scherrer's photographs explore the relationship between natural growth and human control, between observation and intervention, using plants as her subject. This early work captures the entire plant, from flower to root, referencing compositions reminiscent of 17th-century botanical atlases and 1970s botanical photography books. While referencing compositions reminiscent of decorative or intimate elements, Scherrer presents simple, restrained images. Her later masterpieces, "Interwoven" and "Root Bound," employ a technique in which plant roots grow within molds or containers, further visualizing the boundary between nature and control. However, "Nurture Studies" already demonstrates a prelude to this development, a renewed commitment to observing plants objectively. The photographs, unreduced to scientific records or decorative expression, quietly question the framework within which we have viewed plants. This book invites us to consider the structure of nature revealed through human intervention, and the very nature of our perception. (There are sticker marks on the cover.)