Hidden in Plain Sight

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"Shooting small flowers with my camera seemed like a waste".

""Ahí viene el Sol" — "Here comes the Sun"

"Venas a contraluz" — "Veins seen through backlighting"

""Honguito en resistencia II" — "Little fungi of resistence II"

"Honguito en resistencia III" — "Little fungi of resistence III"

!"Sonrojo al viento" — "Blushing at the wind"

!"Recuerdos de mi infancia" — "Memories of my childhood"

"Honguito en resistencia I" — "Little fungi of resistence I"

"Flor pública" — "Public flower"

"El fruto de Perséfone" — "Persephone's fruit"

"Hallazgos acampanados" — "Belled findings"

"Gran camuflaje" — "Great camouflage"

Shooting small flowers with my camera seemed like a waste.
The contemporary search of grandiose themes through photography is something that emulates the previous search of grandiose themes through painting.
But, is a photograph a lesser picture and more meaningless just because it doesn't speak about a grandiose theme?
Photographing local flora and fungi with my phone has taught me it isn't.
As a photographer you have to have two things: 1) A keen and aesthetically trained eye. 2) A desire to explore and wander.
All the photographs in this portfolio are a result of me wandering around in gardens and streets in the city where I live, Puebla, Mexico, a city that has areas of fake luxury and also of raw nature.
This photographs focus something conventionally pretty, but each of them (from a fungi growing in the middle of a cut down tree surrounded by pavement, cars and graffiti; to the sun rays engulfing everything and going through the petals of a little red flower), tell a story of found admiration and awe of grandiose beauty, no matter the size of it.
Nadjja Salorem, 2025

Hidden in Plain Sight

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"Shooting small flowers with my camera seemed like a waste".

""Ahí viene el Sol" — "Here comes the Sun"

"Venas a contraluz" — "Veins seen through backlighting"

""Honguito en resistencia II" — "Little fungi of resistence II"

"Honguito en resistencia III" — "Little fungi of resistence III"

!"Sonrojo al viento" — "Blushing at the wind"

!"Recuerdos de mi infancia" — "Memories of my childhood"

"Honguito en resistencia I" — "Little fungi of resistence I"

"Flor pública" — "Public flower"

"El fruto de Perséfone" — "Persephone's fruit"

"Hallazgos acampanados" — "Belled findings"

"Gran camuflaje" — "Great camouflage"

Shooting small flowers with my camera seemed like a waste.
The contemporary search of grandiose themes through photography is something that emulates the previous search of grandiose themes through painting.
But, is a photograph a lesser picture and more meaningless just because it doesn't speak about a grandiose theme?
Photographing local flora and fungi with my phone has taught me it isn't.
As a photographer you have to have two things: 1) A keen and aesthetically trained eye. 2) A desire to explore and wander.
All the photographs in this portfolio are a result of me wandering around in gardens and streets in the city where I live, Puebla, Mexico, a city that has areas of fake luxury and also of raw nature.
This photographs focus something conventionally pretty, but each of them (from a fungi growing in the middle of a cut down tree surrounded by pavement, cars and graffiti; to the sun rays engulfing everything and going through the petals of a little red flower), tell a story of found admiration and awe of grandiose beauty, no matter the size of it.
Nadjja Salorem, 2025