Striped Camellias by Ogawa Kazumasa Landscape the subject drifting in an

the subject drifting in an implied dark water that has no edge and no floor

the colour transitions and hard-edged geometric contours of Tracey's work are reproduced at full fidelity — every gradient and boundary line rendered with the crispness and clarity the composition requires

the intricate line detail and fine cross-hatching of Haeckel's original illustration are preserved in full

representing old age through a composition of deeper

Striped Camellias by Ogawa Kazumasa Landscape the subject drifting in anOgawa Kazumasa photographed striped camellias with the eye of a naturalist and the sensibility of an artist. Each bloom is rendered in exquisite detail the irregular stripe patterns on the petals appear almost painted, yet are entirely botanical. The image sits within the tradition of Meiji era Japanese botanical photography, where Western technique was absorbed and refined into something distinctly Japanese: composed, unhurried, precise. Cool, even