Dahlia # 120
Photograph
2003 (photographed)
2003 (photographed)
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Barbara and Zafer Baran collaborate to make striking images of botanical specimens using digital scanning techniques and ink-jet printing. They place the specimens directly onto the scanner. Light passes through the transparent leaves and petals of the plants to reveal a luminous inner structure. These cameraless images are reminiscent of the photograms of early photographers such as William Henry Fox Talbot and Anna Atkins, made by simply placing objects between light-sensitive paper or film and a light source.
The Royal Horticultural Society commissioned the Barans in 2004 to make these botanical images to be featured on postage stamps in celebration of the society’s bicentenary.
The Royal Horticultural Society commissioned the Barans in 2004 to make these botanical images to be featured on postage stamps in celebration of the society’s bicentenary.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Ink-jet printing, digital imaging |
| Brief description | 'Dahlia # 120, 2003', from the series 'The Flower Cabinet', photograph by Barbara and Zafer Baran |
| Physical description | Image of a dahlia. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Marked 'BZB #120/03' on bottom right-hand corner and 'A/P' on bottom left. |
| Gallery label | Cameraless Photography
Barbara and Zafer Baran (b.1956 and 1955)
Dahlia #120 from the series The Flower Cabinet
2003
Pigment print
31.9 x 31.9 cm
Given by the artists
Museum no. E.343-2005
This luminous image was made by placing a flower directly onto a scanner; light passing through the translucent petals revealed its hidden parts. It is part of a series commissioned by Royal Mail and was used as the basis for a set of postage stamps celebrating the Royal Horticultural Society bicentenary in 2004. |
| Credit line | Given by the photographers |
| Object history | The Royal Horticultural Society commissioned the Barans to make these botanical images to be featured on postage stamps in celebration of the Society's bicentenary (1804-2004). |
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| Summary | Barbara and Zafer Baran collaborate to make striking images of botanical specimens using digital scanning techniques and ink-jet printing. They place the specimens directly onto the scanner. Light passes through the transparent leaves and petals of the plants to reveal a luminous inner structure. These cameraless images are reminiscent of the photograms of early photographers such as William Henry Fox Talbot and Anna Atkins, made by simply placing objects between light-sensitive paper or film and a light source. The Royal Horticultural Society commissioned the Barans in 2004 to make these botanical images to be featured on postage stamps in celebration of the society’s bicentenary. |
| Bibliographic reference | Baran, Barbara and Baran, Zafer. The Flower Cabinet. London: The Blue Gallery, 2004. |
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| Accession number | E.343-2005 |
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| Record created | May 23, 2005 |
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