ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FLOWERS VI: The Botanical Guide

The “WHOLE” series, which continues the life's work from the first volume of “Pictorial Book of Plants I” published in 2012, consists of flat arrangements of various flowers and plants from different lands and species, and two new series, “BREATH” (=breath) and “ORGAN” (=organ), which reflect the life activities of flowers that cannot be seen through ordinary vision. The book contains over 130 photographs from these four series. At the end of the book, there is a detailed list of plant names and an index that allows users to search by flower name. This is the sixth volume in the series, published on the occasion of the two artists' 20th anniversary.

Makoto Azuma Flower artist. Starting with a solo exhibition in New York, he has exhibited many experimental works mainly in Europe. In 2009, he established the experimental plant group “Azuma Makoto, Flower and Tree Laboratory (AMKK),” and has exhibited his work in many places around the world. He continues to pursue the beauty of plants from his unique perspective.

Shunsuke Shiinoki Botanical photographer. Around the same time that Azuma began expressing plastic arts with plants, he picked up a camera and began to focus on capturing the ever-changing forms of life in his photographs.

Author: Makoto Azuma, Shunsuke Shiiki (Photography) Art Direction: Kenya Hara Language: English/Japanese Format: A4 size Total pages: 312 Binding: top binding