Milkweed

By Deborah Nyman

A milkweed pod releases its seeds — each one a tiny parachute of silk, waiting for the wind. Photographed against a richly textured background of warm amber and antique gold, this intimate study transforms a humble roadside plant into something worthy of a natural history collection. There is a long tradition in fine art of finding the extraordinary in the overlooked — in the weed, the shell, the fallen leaf. This image lives in that tradition. For anyone who has ever stopped to look closely at something small and felt rewarded for it. Particularly beautiful printed at intimate scale. Fine Art Giclée reproductions available.