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Kolga Tbilisi Photo 12-18 May 2016: Space Veggies and Earth Plants




A collection of 35 photographers are exhibiting their works a the Museum of Modern Art in Tbilisi from 12-18 May 2016 as part of the Kolga Tbilisi Photo contest under the theme Space Veggies and Earth Plants. The Kolga Tbilisi Photo exhibition is a week-long event for local and international photographers. It is the largest and most prestigious photo contest in Georgia.

Space Veggies and Earth Plants is a collection of international artists (past and present) from America, Australia, Canada, China, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan. Russia, Singapore, Switzerland, the United Kingdom – and space. American astronaut, Scott Kelly of NASA, the National Aeronautical Space Administration, and the DLR Lab in Bremen, contributed with photographs of ‘the first salad grown in space’ (in zero gravity) in the international space station (ISS). This is an exhibition of the kingdom of plants, from historic to futuristic.




The photographs aim to ‘bridge the gap between civilization, evolution, and nature. From the everyday to the artistic, from the structural to the documentary, from the microscopic to the expansive, and from the investigative to the symbolic, the photographs are a portrayal of plant use, genetic manipulation, and pure enjoyment.

Anna Atkins (1799-1871) from England was a botanist who published scientific books with 'illustrations' on a photographic base. She used the photographic process of blue cyanotype invented by John Herschel. She mainly photographed British algae.



The two photographs below are from Karl Blossfeldt (1865-1932) from Germany, the pioneer of plant photography.



The cactus is a photograph by Kate Breaker from Tucson, Arizona, in America.



The two photographs below are by Russian Vadim Gushchin from Moscow. 




The photographs below are by Wei Bi from Mengzi, China.



The photograph below (and the top photograph) are by Andrej Barov from Munich, Germany.





MARTINA NICOLLS is the author of:- The Shortness of Life: A Mongolian Lament (2015), Liberia’s Deadest Ends (2012), Bardot’s Comet (2011), Kashmir on a Knife-Edge (2010) and The Sudan Curse (2009).


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