What if flowers could be transformed into intricate, temporary sculptures, existing only long enough to be captured through photography?
Jennifer Latour is a self-taught artist based in Vancouver, Canada, who turns this fleeting idea into a practice. Best known for her Species series, Latour creates elaborate floral sculptures that exist for a moment before disappearing, preserved only through photography. A photographer since 2006, she also brings her experience working internationally in special effects makeup for film and television to her artistic practice. What makes her work particularly captivating is the way she transforms natural materials into intricate, temporary sculptures that celebrate nature's patterns and beauty, letting each location and the materials themselves shape the final creation.
Explore Latour’s Species series below, and read on to discover more about her process and inspiration.
More info: Instagram | jenniferlatour.com
1. Bound Species No.14
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2. Wild Flower No.22, Cypress Mountain
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3. Wild Species, No.28, Colossal
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4. Shapeshifter No.7
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5. Wild Flower No.11
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6. Wild Flower No.13
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7. Wild Species, No.26, Colossal
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8. Lough Gill, Ireland 2023
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9. Donegal Species, Ireland 2023
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10. Shapeshifter No.8
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11. Shapeshifter No.9
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12. Wild Species, No.32, Colossal
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13. Bound Species No.21
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14. Bound Species No.35
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15. Night Species No.2
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16. Shapeshifter No.10
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17. Utah No.2, Snow Canyon, Colossal
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18. Bound Species, Outdoor No.3
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19. Shapeshifter No.12
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20. Shapeshifter No.13
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