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Beautiful Frozen Flowers of Capetown

Wanting to creatively showcase some of the flora around their native Capetown, South African photographers Bruce Boyd and Tharien Smith froze flowers in blocks of ice and captured pristine images of them underwater.
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The result is a unique snapshot, a paused moment that preserves the fresh vibrancy of the blooms.
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Photographed at dawn, the photographers battle errant bubbles and bad lighting to capture just the moments, and their series Zero Degrees showcases their technical as well as artistic prowess.
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Ben VanderVeen is the founder and editor of Moss & Fog, one of the web’s longest-running visual culture destinations. Since 2009, he’s been finding and framing the most beautiful, surprising, and thought-provoking work in art, architecture, design, and nature — reaching over 325,000 readers each month. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

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2 Comments

  1. Naor Miscia-Aziz

    Thank you for the wonder-filled beauty of these photographs and to the photographers. I needed this enchantment today.

  2. Godfrey Mchunguzi Oyema

    Very beautiful flowers. Cannot stop looking at them and Moss and Fog contents are second to none. My advice would be to always include species name (English and Scientific) to every image of species to facilitate identification and learning process.

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