If this water lily looks in the mirror, she must be very happy. The beauty of water lilies fascinates me immensely. The Bible already says that the king in all his glory is not dressed like the lily, so that says it all.
I found this lily in the Jardin d'eau in Dordogne. One has a wonderful collection of aquatic plants there. This one was in a pond that was a bit higher, so I could work at eye level without a wet suit. I photographed many more water lilies there, so new works will be posted regularly in the near future.
I came this close to not being involved in photography. My first camera was a Kodak Instamatic, with the biggest parallax error you could wish for! So I always had pictures of people without heads. I used these cassettes with 12 or 24 photos, black and white (that.. Read more…