Karl Blossfeldt's plant photographs from the 1920s are a milestone in 20th-century photography. Celebrated by artists, craftsmen and architects alike, for whom they were intended as a catalogue of ornamental and structural forms.

German photography pioneer Karl Blossfeldt (1865-1932) photographed plants so beautifully, and with such originality, that his work transcends the medium itself.

Karl Blossfeldt's plant photographs from the 1920s are a milestone in 20th-century photography. Celebrated by artists, craftsmen and architects alike, for whom they were intended as a catalogue of ornamental and structural forms.