Preface: New York's wholesale flower market -- Christopher Beane: New species of flower photographer -- From tradition to deconstruction: Early black-and-white photographs -- Early maturity: First color photographs -- Orgy series -- Breakthrough: Peony series, 1999-2003 -- Photographer as painter -- Ranunculus -- Tutti fruitti -- Why must the beautiful die? -- Of branches, vines, and decorative panels -- Postscript: Through a looking glass darkly -- Publisher's note: Anthony F. Janson -- List of plates.
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