Echeveria Geometry

ECHEVERIA  IN  THE  ROUND

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If last Thursday’s storm had an upside, it was that we didn’t have to do any watering since that freakish tempest. In fact, the 40-minute downpour had a positive effect on all our plants, leaving one and all green and perky, even balky ones like our bougainvillea. We had casualties but they were few; one of them being the gorgeous echeveria above. Too tall and top-heavy, the wind took it out, breaking several long flower stalks in the process. I found it the next day and trimmed off the broken pieces; in a vase on our zinc kitchen table its color was an amazing complement. I couldn’t stop looking at this amazing fallen rosette and decided to document it in a photo still life. I began by collecting elements that I thought would play off the echeveria and its color or texture. That was when I noticed that I’d been separating the elements into groups based on basic geometric shapes … Never one to ignore a theme, I set up the photos accordingly, enhancing them finally with digital typography and chalk lines.

AN  ECHEVERIA  IN  SQUARESVILLE

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APEX & THE ECHEVERIA

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I’m pleased with these images, they make a storm-tossed succulent, random industrial junk and old sign letters look pretty good … and they were something I could put together in the shade once the sun went down. It’s crazy-hot outside!