White Lily in the Dark by Kazumasa Exhibition Kimbei Alice Straker renders the scene

Alice Straker renders the scene in richly loaded paint with bold colour contrasts

saturated tone — deep terracotta

understated colour

ideal for graphic design work with strong lines and flat fields of color

the fine linework and tonal range of this vintage map are reproduced with full sharpness

White Lily in the Dark by Kazumasa Exhibition Kimbei Alice Straker renders the sceneThis is among the most dramatic images in Kazumasa's botanical series. A white lily its trumpet shaped blooms flared open, stamens reaching outward emerges from near total darkness, the black background lending the composition an intensity rarely seen in nineteenth century botanical photography. The collotype process captures every gradation of white, from the bright highlight of each petal's centre to the shadow gathering in the curved recesses of