{"id":10821,"date":"2023-08-14T15:58:37","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T13:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/photo-venturelli.com\/florissima-an-ode-to-nature\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T16:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T14:34:08","slug":"florissima-an-ode-to-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/photo-venturelli.com\/en\/florissima-an-ode-to-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"Florissima, an ode to nature."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Nature is always a source of richness and wonder when we observe it in detail. The play of light, in full sunlight or against the light , reveals astonishing graphic structures. <\/p>\n\n

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Florissima is first and foremost an essay on graphic design and the beauty of nature. The guiding principle is the search for simplicity to extract and capture and capture the graphic essence and beauty of plant forms. The choice of black and white reinforces the play of light and shadow to highlight the plant’ s structure through transparency, to make it resemble porcelain, the absolute whiteness and purity of the mineral. <\/p>\n\n

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But beyond photography, images and graphics, we are plunged into an abstract, impalpable realm impalpable realm that touches nature and the whole of the living world. As C\u00e9cile Caulier so aptly puts it in her poem, the beauty of nature also lies in its ephemeral nature. All these plants, these flowers now belong to the past, and nothing can bring back the initial moment of their capture. From bud to dried stem, this essay is also a tribute to life and the passage of time that only photography can capture in the moment. <\/p>\n\n

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The illustration chosen for these photos is a poem by C\u00e9cile Caulier beautifully sung by Fran\u00e7oise Hardy and more recently by Natacha Atlas: “Mon amie la rose”.<\/p>\n\n

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\u00ab On est bien peu de choses<\/em>
Et mon amie la rose me l’a dit ce matin<\/em>
A l’aurore je suis n\u00e9e, baptis\u00e9e de ros\u00e9e<\/em>
Je me suis \u00e9panouie<\/em>
Heureuse et amoureuse<\/em>
Au rayon du soleil<\/em>
Me suis ferm\u00e9e la nuit<\/em>
Me suis r\u00e9veill\u00e9e vieille<\/em>
Pourtant j’\u00e9tais tr\u00e8s belle<\/em>
Oui j’\u00e9tais la plus belle<\/em>
Des fleurs de ton jardin.<\/em>
On est bien peu de choses<\/em>
Et mon amie la rose me l’a dit ce matin<\/em>
Vois le dieu qui m’a faite<\/em>
Me fait courber la t\u00eate<\/em>
Et je sens que je tombe<\/em>
Et je sens que je tombe<\/em>
Mon c\u0153ur est presque nu<\/em>
J’ai le pied dans la tombe<\/em>
D\u00e9j\u00e0 je ne suis plus<\/em>
Tu m’admirais hier et je serais poussi\u00e8re<\/em>
Pour toujours demain.<\/em>
On est bien peu de choses<\/em>
Et mon amie la rose est morte ce matin<\/em>
La lune cette nuit, a veill\u00e9 mon amie<\/em>
Moi en r\u00eave j’ai vu, \u00e9blouissante et nue<\/em>
Son \u00e2me qui dansait<\/em>
Bien-au del\u00e0 des nues<\/em>
Et qui me souriait<\/em>
Croit celui qui peut croire<\/em>
Moi j’ai besoin d’espoir<\/em>
Sinon je ne suis rien<\/em>
Ou bien si peu de choses<\/em>
C\u2019est mon amie la rose qui l’a dit hier<\/em> matin.\u00bb<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Po\u00e8me de C\u00e9cile Caulier<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

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