Wildflower Portfolio

Photographs by Torkel Korling (1903-1998)

A profile of this "local hero" describes how Torkel Korling's photography evolved to illustrate both plants and key elements of their ecology. Here are some of his wildflowers.

Korling achieved in color photography much of what an herbarium sheet or botanical illustration might include: leaf, bud, inflorescence. Manipulating the focus, editing through the lens, Korling managed to create compositions not only beautiful but meaningful. Re-uniting the plant with its surroundings, for greater meaning, became the goal he would pursue the rest of his artistic life.

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