Blossfeldt postcard set

For greeting cards, congratulatory cards, gift cards, invitation cards, for collecting or decoration. In the format of 15.4 x 10.8 cm. With plenty of space for writing.

With his highly detailed plant photographs, sculptor Karl Blossfeldt (1865–1932) inadvertently became a co-founder of modern German photography; originally, he created them only as reference material for students and his own applied arts projects. To this day, the razor-sharp close-ups of plant parts such as leaves, buds, tendrils, and seed pods captivate with their cool, almost sterile clarity. This postcard set contains 18 selected motifs.

Gabriele Conrath-Scholl, head of the Photographic Collection/SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne, says: "Blossfeldt magnified everything significantly. And with that, he gained wonderful insights and views of plants that would otherwise remain hidden from the observer." Karl Blossfeldt about his works: "They are meant to help awaken the sense of nature again, to point out the abundant variety of forms in nature, and to encourage personal observation of our native plant world."

"The Blossfeldt Effect: Ornament is not a crime: His plant motifs have inspired art and architecture of the 20th century." Neue Zürcher Zeitung.