“This is a third in a series of flower studies I embarked on some years ago. The flowers were inspired by my dad’s amateur photography which mainly had flowers as a subject, simply because my mother loved flowers.

The pictures my dad took in the seventies were nothing spectacular. In fact I would say they were quite clumsy and awkward. Often, you would look at a lot of grass just to spot a small flower in the center of the picture. But I guess that’s exactly what I like about them. The purity of the intent.

One of his pictures is now hung in the entrance of my apartment. The first thing you see when I open the door. It is a very grainy black and white shot of windflowers which fill the whole frame almost like a wallpaper.

The pictures you see here are taken in Victoria Park with the very same camera my dad used. He gave it to me the last time I visited. And it is also the first pictures I shot with his camera. The arrangement of the flowers fascinated me for the contradiction of putting something so organic into such a confined and organised space. I stood admiring them, and turned the camera to make the flowers fit into my frame. And so I wanted to keep them. Just a little awkward. Just a picture to hold them, frame them and look at them in just that way.”

 

 

 

Atlanta Rascher was born in Germany, and started her creative path as a fine art painter in Ireland. After some years in the art world with a substantial amount of exhibitions under her belt, Atlanta decided to move on to spend the next decade working in music and later fashion, working with a long line of clients including cult label Boudicca and art photographer Andreas Gursky. After some years of working on personal photography projects along side her commitments as fashion director and producer, Atlanta decided to commit full time to photography in 2008.

Atlanta has since contributed to Dazed & Confused, Another, Arena Homme Plus, I-D and kidswear amongst many others. She regularly contributes to Kilimanjaro magazine.

 

www.atlantarascher.com

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