In the September issue of Outdoor Photography, Dutch photographer Theo Bosboom reveals how the acquisition of a Laowa PeriProbe – a long, narrow macro lens with an 85º angle of view and a working distance of 2cm – became the key to a hidden world. As soon as he positioned it under a group of flowers, he knew he was on to something. ‘I felt the same excitement I experienced when I first looked through a macro lens,’ he says.
He spent the following spring and summer working on his Flowerscapes series, visiting wildflower meadows, roadside verges, forests, dunes and parks. His inventive and evocative photography is now brought together in a new book. [hyperlink: https://www.theobosboom.nl/product/photo-book-flowerscapes-a-bugs-eye-view-pre-order/]
‘I think in nature photography there is a lot of copying,’ Theo says. ‘If you compare it to music, many photographers are cover artists – they try to make beautiful copies, but they are not really that inventive. For me, the inventive part is the most interesting; it’s what keeps me awake at night.’
Don’t miss Theo’s interview with Tracy Calder in OP 321.