One Hundred Flowers

by Harold Feinstein

One Hundred Flowers features 100 exquisite colour portraits of dahlias, roses, anemones, poppies, pansies, orchids, tulips, azaleas, peonies, and other flowers in luscious detail. Each variety is coupled with a brief description, including tips about cultivation, as well as comprehensive notes about the major flower groups, all written by a distinguished botanistmaking the book as useful as it is beautiful. One Hundred Flowers also includes an introduction by popular garden author and lecturer Sydney Eddison and a critical essay by celebrated photography critic A.D. Coleman.

Genres: Art, Photography

143 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 2000

Reviews

[Cory · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bought this for inspiration. Will continue to use as a resource. About 1/3 of the pictures are fantastic. The rest are... meh. Of course this was done in 2000 with digital technology. And many of the pictures remind me of another artist who used a scanner to take flower pics. Technically proficient, but not inspiring.

The comments on each plate, from literary references to planting tips make this a real treasure.

[Michele · Rating 5 out of 5]

When you know you are going to have a free day go check out this book! Your heart will thank you :)

[Kathleen Messmer · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Feinstein's work. The light and shadows in his photography is stunning. This is definitely a book to have on your coffee table to look at again and again.

[Ophelia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lovely book with stunning photographs of flowers. Each flower has a short paragraph describing something about it. I learned that liliacs are in the same family as the olive tree.

[David J. Bookbinder · Rating 5 out of 5]

I studied briefly with Harold in 2001-2002 and have been a follower of his work ever since. He was a generous spirit and a visionary photographer whose popularity came late. This book, in particular, heavily influenced my own photography. Although, in a kidding sort of way, he forbade us to bring photographs of flowers into his workshop, there was no proscription on taking flower photos afterward, and in my case flower photos, manipulated on the computer in a different way than Harold, became my main focus for many years.

Each image in this book is mesmerizingly beautiful in its own way. I recommend this to anyone who has found a flower beautiful, which I think is probably almost everyone.

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

My preschoolers use Feinstein's book of flower photography as a source of information and beauty in our classroom. It offers accessible images the children can pour over and notice small details of the flora world.

[Dina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fabulous portraits of flowers!