This is the work of Jon Shireman, who soaked flowers in liquid nitrogen, shattered them, and photographed the effects. I think part of the reason that I like this work of his is in the way he plays with the idea of the texture that things "should have" with the abnormal ways we can make them look. Turning an object like a flower from a soft, pliable object to one with a rigid, breakable form, and then actually breaking it gives a TON of expression and energy. Something as simple as breaking apart a single flower into many shards allows the viewer to look at the flower in a very different way as well. More from this collection can be found at http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonshireman/sets/72157623284478818/
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