CHRISTOPHER BROADBENT "HERE TODAY [...]", Milan

Photos of flowers bouquets remind viewers of the transient beauty of life in Christopher  Broadbent's exhibition "HERE TODAY  [...]", held during the Design Week in Milan.

Inspired by traditional still-life paintings,  the English photographer, based in Milan, recreates their atmosphere and compositions in intense photos. 
No need of skulls or watches to recall the inexorable passage of time, but fading flowers arranged in fascinating old containers on a rustic table, against a neutral background.  

Black and white photos better return shapes, depth and light and shade effects of the compositions. Colour is a choice.   

Under the saying 'Here today, gone tomorrow', Broadbent's photos urge to enjoy life.

my black and white version of C. Broadbent's photo 

Photos:
TravelinaGarden, Milan, April 2017

Link:

CHRISTOPHER BROADBENT "HERE TODAY [...]" | 3 - 9 April 2017, 5VIE Design Week | Spazio BIG Santa Marta, Milan
http://www.5vie.it/

Flowerprint - Milano Fuorisalone 2017.

'Flowerprint' is the name of a façade gardening installation created by Studio Piuarch, with the collaboration of Cornelius Gavril, for 'Fuorisalone' during the Milan Design Week between April 4-9. 

The façade of the building where the Studio is based in Brera was covered by 2.000 flowers arranged in 200 vertical lines from roof to ground (10 meters in height and 20 meters in length). Roses, lilies, gerberas, carnations, rosemary, lavender and many more flowers were suspended along invisible wires creating a flower print, a curtain, an embroidery, a rain of colours and scents that changed with sun and wind. 
Potatoes seemed to anchor the lines to the ground. Their use, however, recalls an old technique practiced to propagate roses by cutting inserting it in a hole drilled in the tuber. Potatoes favour the formation of roots and provide nutrients and moisture.

'Flowerprint' unexpected and surprising.

Photos:

TravelinaGarden, Milan, April 2017

Links:

Flowerprint - Studio Piuarch, Milan
https://www.piuarch.it/