White Lily in the Dark by Kazumasa Exhibition Kimbei making the wit of the

making the wit of the conceit all the more effective against the formal graphic language of the Edo period

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

The result sits between photography and illustration

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

the season legible

White Lily in the Dark by Kazumasa Exhibition Kimbei making the wit of theThis 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