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PHOTOGRAPHY · BOTANICAL STUDIES

Botanical Studies

Eighteen photographs of plant life as architecture: folded surface, defensive edge, reservoir, repetition, display, and improbable solution to the problem of remaining alive.

Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, Illinois · July 25, 2026 · Complete sequence, 01–18

SERIES NOTE

Attention without specimen logic.

The sequence treats plants neither as decoration nor as isolated specimens. It looks for the systems visible in a body: how water is kept, contact is regulated, damage is survived, and form becomes both function and display. The photographs remain numbered because their order records a movement through the garden rather than a hierarchy of individual masterpieces.

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COMPLETE SEQUENCE

Studies 01–18

Botanical Study 01, a vertical study of plant form made at Chicago Botanic Garden on July 25, 2026.
Botanical Study 01 · Chicago Botanic Garden
Botanical Study 02, a vertical study of plant form made at Chicago Botanic Garden on July 25, 2026.
Botanical Study 02 · Chicago Botanic Garden
Botanical Study 03, a vertical study of plant form made at Chicago Botanic Garden on July 25, 2026.
Botanical Study 03 · Chicago Botanic Garden
Botanical Study 04, a vertical study of plant form made at Chicago Botanic Garden on July 25, 2026.
Botanical Study 04 · Chicago Botanic Garden
Botanical Study 05, a vertical study of plant form made at Chicago Botanic Garden on July 25, 2026.
Botanical Study 05 · Chicago Botanic Garden
Botanical Study 06, a vertical study of plant form made at Chicago Botanic Garden on July 25, 2026.
Botanical Study 06 · Chicago Botanic Garden
Botanical Study 07, a vertical study of plant form made at Chicago Botanic Garden on July 25, 2026.
Botanical Study 07 · Chicago Botanic Garden
Botanical Study 08, a vertical study of plant form made at Chicago Botanic Garden on July 25, 2026.
Botanical Study 08 · Chicago Botanic Garden
Botanical Study 09, a vertical study of plant form made at Chicago Botanic Garden on July 25, 2026.
Botanical Study 09 · Chicago Botanic Garden
Botanical Study 10, a vertical study of plant form made at Chicago Botanic Garden on July 25, 2026.
Botanical Study 10 · Chicago Botanic Garden
Botanical Study 11, a vertical study of plant form made at Chicago Botanic Garden on July 25, 2026.
Botanical Study 11 · Chicago Botanic Garden
Botanical Study 12, a vertical study of plant form made at Chicago Botanic Garden on July 25, 2026.
Botanical Study 12 · Chicago Botanic Garden
Botanical Study 13, a vertical study of plant form made at Chicago Botanic Garden on July 25, 2026.
Botanical Study 13 · Chicago Botanic Garden
Botanical Study 14, a vertical study of plant form made at Chicago Botanic Garden on July 25, 2026.
Botanical Study 14 · Chicago Botanic Garden
Botanical Study 15, a vertical study of plant form made at Chicago Botanic Garden on July 25, 2026.
Botanical Study 15 · Chicago Botanic Garden
Botanical Study 16, a vertical study of plant form made at Chicago Botanic Garden on July 25, 2026.
Botanical Study 16 · Chicago Botanic Garden
Botanical Study 17, a vertical study of plant form made at Chicago Botanic Garden on July 25, 2026.
Botanical Study 17 · Chicago Botanic Garden
Botanical Study 18, a vertical study of plant form made at Chicago Botanic Garden on July 25, 2026.
Botanical Study 18 · Chicago Botanic Garden

Photographs © 2026 Jonathan Johnson-Swagel. All rights reserved. Sequence numbers are catalog identifiers. Return to the beginning ↑