Blow Up – Organic scapes
Tess Zahn
Nature holds a central presence within my work, not as subject to be illustrated but as intimate intuition, I am interested in bringing to the surface what cannot be immediately seen, inviting the invisible to become almost tangible through image. Working with macro photography, I move beyond observation into intimacy. Colour dissolves into light, pattern becomes language, and blur opens a space between recognition and abstraction. By slowing down and looking closely, I seek to reveal what often goes unnoticed: the quiet beauty that exists beneath the surface of everyday experience.
By inviting the viewer to slow down, these photographs offer an opportunity to encounter the overlooked, to question habitual ways of seeing, and to recognise that within the smallest details lie profound reflections on time, existence, and our connection to the natural world.
Artist
Tess Zahn
Tess is a Brighton-based photographic artist and educator whose practice explores the patterns, textures and rhythms of the natural world, her work considers transformation, impermanence and our connection to nature. Working across both digital and alternative photographic processes, printmaking and collage, she creates poetic visual metaphors through abstraction, layering and experimentation. Tess holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (1997) and MA in Photography (2008) and exhibits nationally and locally. Upcoming exhibitions can be found on her socials.
