Viridiplantae

• Prize
• Photographer
  Joan Osato, United States
• Website
  http://www.artslant.com/global/artists/show/85485-joan-osato

Viridiplantae is a project that documents both common and rare flowers and plants
vis-à-vis a simple flat-bed scanner. The use of scantography as a simple tool gives me the
ability to convey a rare sense of visual and emotional depth to the life of my subjects,
as well as to assemble timelapse video content that condenses their brief and mysterious
lifespans into short movies.

I was born and raised in the San Francisco bay area. I am a self-taught photographer, who dedicates most of my professional life to supporting individual artists, the development of their projects, and producing their work for stage. In 2009 I made a decision to make a serious investment in my personal artistic work, which includes concentrating on literary fiction, and photography. I work exclusively in medium film format, preferring to work with existing light, hand held. My style is documentary, although my favorite images exude mysterious and dreamlike qualities.