This is a Fujiflex Crystal Archive print.

The photographs of Claudia Toutain-Dorbec are about her relationship with the natural world. She approaches her botanical subjects as a portrait, creating images that are forceful, meaningful and beautiful. She walks a tightrope between the real and mystical. Her wilderness is trodden, yet she accepts it as it is: worthy of exploration. Perfect. Imperfect. Inspirational. “Transcending the simple beauty of appearances—a gentle, scented representation of flowers—Claudia’s work reveals the human fragility, anxieties, and questioning that show through in their already faded features.”  Nicole Zapata-Aubé, Chief curator of the museums of Tarbes, France & Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres