SELECTED WORK / WASHINGTON

Fairwind

A closer look at the plant.

Dark backgrounds. Purple leaves. Fine, crystalline detail. This collection for Fairwind moves from complete flower portraits to close studies of the surfaces, colors and structures that make each frame distinct.

CMC’S ROLE / PHOTOGRAPHY

Fairwind flower portrait with purple leaves and orange hairs

01 / FLOWER PORTRAITS

Let the form set the frame.

The series begins with the shape of the flower: branching leaves, a central stem and the silhouette against black. Space around the subject keeps the delicate edges visible and gives each portrait its own presence.

Full flower silhouette with surrounding leaves

Flower portrait against a deep black background

02 / COLOR & STRUCTURE

Purple. Green. A flash of orange.

Moving closer changes the composition. Overlapping leaves and flower clusters create layers of purple and green, while orange hairs cut across the surface. These frames explore that natural contrast without adding a competing background.

Green flower clusters framed by purple leaves

Layered purple leaves and orange hairs in close detail

03 / THE MACRO STUDIES

Small details. An entirely new view.

At macro scale, a flower becomes a landscape of fine hairs, translucent trichomes and textured leaves. These photographs bring the smallest structures forward, finishing the collection with a different sense of scale.