According to Greek myths, Persephone was kidnapped by Hades, the god of the Underworld. She was the daughter of Demeter, the earth goddess. Demeter and Hades came eventually to a compromise: Persephone would spend half the year with her mother on earth -- marked by Spring, with the earth coming alive -- and the other half of the year in the underworld -- marking winter, when the earth goes dormant.
I named a series of flower photographs Persephone's Portfolio because I imagined these images might be Persephone's memory of flowers during her half year underground.
This tulip -- it's the same tulip, just from different angles -- was photographed in my kitchen. The background is tissue paper. The further away the paper is, the more abstract it looks. They were originally color slides. I scanned them in, converted the to black & white, and threw in a few Photoshop tricks.
These images are available on my website www.maryannglass.com or at my gallery www.riverwindsgallery.com.
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