A floraphile is a person who loves or is passionate about flowers and plants. The term combines "flora" (plant life) and "-phile" (lover). The photos in this series were taken with a Hasselblad 500c/m medium format camera, and a 80mm Zeiss lens ( from the 60s), with 120 red flash film. The final images are straight out of the camera with no photoshop or AI.
Malcolm is an architect with a passion for photography. As a student studying architecture he was drawn to the black and white street photography in Paris and New York City from the 30’s-60’s in particular the photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson, Sophie Calle, and Robert Doiseau. While studying photography at the Ontario College of Art and Design and the Ryerson School of Image Arts, he became interested in the black and white fashion/portraits/fine art photographs of Richard Avedon, Lillian Bassman, Peter Lindbergh, Irvin Penn, Deborah Turbeville, and Sarah Moon
