A living index of botanical image-making

Herbarium

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Detail of specimen collected in Offenbach, Germany, 09/2019
Dianthus deltoides Maiden pink
specimen collected in Cercedilla, Spain, 05/2023
Narcissus triandrus Angel's tears daffodil
Specimen collected in Thalkirchen, Germany, 08/2025
Solidago altissima Late goldenrod
Specimen collected in Zurich, 05/21
Euphorbia dulcis Sweet spurge
Specimen collected in Offenbach, Germany, 06/2018
Papaver rhoeas Field poppy
Specimen collected in Corsica, France, 09/23
Limonium contortirameum Twisted sea lavender
Stuttgart, Germany, 04/2022
Euphorbia hyberna Hybernal spurge
Specimen collected in Pärnu, Estonia, 09/24
Tripolium pannonicum Seashore aster
Specimen collected in Munich, May 2024
Ranunculus arvensis Corn buttercup
Detail of specimen collected in Munich, 09/2025
Campanula rotundifolia Harebell
Specimen collected in Thalkirchen, 09/25
Daucus carota Wild carot

Features

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Anna Atkins: British Algae

The first photographic documentation of plant specimens
Cyanotype printing
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Eliza M. French: Seaweed Herbarium

A private collection of algae specimens
Pressed specimen
Karl Blossfeldt: Natural design archetypes

Karl Blossfeldt: Natural design archetypes

Plants' sculptural forms captured through magnified photography
Isolated Photograph

Botanical Imaging

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Aristolochia Baetica, Vejer de la Frontera, Spain, 03/2022
Backlit pressed specimen
Visualizing plant structure
Scolymus maculatus, Hieronymus Kniphof, Botanica Originali, 1733
Nature printing
Organic material as printing matrix
Centaurea scabiosa, Thalkichen, Germany, 09/2025
Black backdrop scan
High-definition flatbed scanning
Diplotaxis tenuifolia, Detail of specimen collected in Stuttgart, Germany, 05/2022
Water immersion
Global illumination of plants
Pierre-Joseph Redouté, La Botanique de J. J. Roussseau, 1805
Plant Illustration
Idealized documentation drawings
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii, Thalkirchen, Germany, 09/2025
Isolated Photograph
Plants in habitat
Spirae Aruncus, Anna Atkins, 1851-1854
Cyanotype printing
Shadow print through light exposure