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<n>Begonia</n>, c.1925, by photographer <n>Albert Renger-Patzsch</n>.

A photograph of Lunaria annua seed heads by German photographer <n>Karl Blossfeldt</n>.

<n>Argonauta nodosa</n> from <n>E. G. B. Moss</n>'s 'Beautiful shells of New Zealand', 1908.

A photogravure of a <n>Cowslip primrose</n> by photographer <n>Karl Blossfeldt</n>, c. 1928.

<n>There is no sun</n>, a 2014 photograph by <n>Mats Anda</n>.

From the <n>Matisse</n> series by photographer <n>Wiissa</n>.

<n>Passiflora</n> (1898–1932), a photograph by artist <n>Karl Blossfeldt</n>.

<n>Celosia argentea var cristata</n> (1928), a photograph by <n>Karl Blossfeldt</n>.

<n>Ravenala madagascariensis</n> in Madagascar, c. 1890.

<n>Papaver somniferum</n>, a 1932 photograph by <n>Karl Blossfeldt</n>.

<n>Harry's Hands</n> (1984), a photograph by <n>Debbie Fleming Caffery</n>.

<n>Dianthus superbus (Grass Pink)</n> by <n>Karl Blossfeldt</n>, c. 1928.

Photograph by <n>H. Landshoff</n> from the book <n>The Shell: Five Hundred Million Years of Inspired Design</n>.

<n>Nautilus Shell</n>, a 1927 photograph by <n>Edward Weston</n>.

<n>Globeflower</n>, a photograph by <n>Karl Blossfeldt</n> from his 1928 book <n>Urformen der Kunst</n>.

<n>Two Leaves</n> (1952), a photograph by <n>Ruth Bernhard</n>.

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From the photo series <n>Romance</n> by <n>Jean Pierrot</n>.

Hanging branches of a <n>Weeping Willow</n> tree.