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Deborah Gregory's avatar

Simply sublime! Your photo stories with these dandelions feels like a quiet meditation on time itself ... how beauty lingers in fleeting moments, only to scatter and take root elsewhere. Thanks so much for sharing your beautiful art.

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Susanne Helmert's avatar

Thank you for your kind words, Deborah! I am actually very pleased how they turned out.

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Shital Morjaria (she/her)'s avatar

Amazingly beautiful. Love it Susanne.

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Susanne Helmert's avatar

Thank you so much, Shital! So happy to hear that.

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Jim Roche's avatar

It's always wonderful to discover that what you thought was true isn't. And that you just needed to look a little closer. A lesson that a lot of people could learn.

At 15, I left home and lived in a commune. We used dandelions for salad (very bitter), cooked them, nothing made them taste good to me, and made wine from them. But others loved them, mainly because they were free. Some people see them only as weeds.

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Susanne Helmert's avatar

Thank you for your comment, Jim! It is such a common plant that seems to adapt well wherever it grows. Its usualness makes us overlook or forget what it actually has to offer. We are also pretty much used to only eat what comes from the supermarket that we seem to have forgotten what Nature has to offer for free…

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Paul Votava's avatar

I keep coming back to these and enjoying them, they are so unique! BTW the Zine arrived today, really love it & thanks for the note😊

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Susanne Helmert's avatar

Oh, that gives me a big smile! So happy you like the zine and the dandelion. Thank you!

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Anne Thomas's avatar

I love the pairings with old photos and utensils and things, how clever!

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Susanne Helmert's avatar

Thanks, Anne. I love these old things. They make perfect photo props!

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Anneliese's avatar

So beautiful !

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Susanne Helmert's avatar

Thank you, Anneliese!

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Yasumi Toyoda's avatar

The magic of your photography is breathtaking, here. I will be re-reading this post for a while to fully absorb it. Thank you Susanne.

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Susanne Helmert's avatar

Thank you so much for your kind comment. Come back as often as you want!

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Neil Scott's avatar

Great idea, brilliantly executed.

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Susanne Helmert's avatar

Thanks, Neil!

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Scott Gilbertson's avatar

Beautiful!

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Susanne Helmert's avatar

Thank you, Scott!

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Framing-the-Story w/AK's avatar

Gorgeous photos, Susanne. In Russian there's a phrase "God's dandelions", which refers to the very elderly who are so frail that the fragile bones holding them up can be scattered in the wind at any moment.

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Susanne Helmert's avatar

Oh, that is so true. Beautiful phrase.

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Amy Sadler's avatar

Absolutely adore these images, Susanne. Especially the dark background ones. Taking time to honor the ephemerality of nature is such a rewarding practice even if it’s messy haha.

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Susanne Helmert's avatar

Thank so much, Amy! Bless whoever invented the vacuum cleaner! 😉

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Dan Jandl's avatar

So great!!! I love this! That top down shot with the shadow...

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Susanne Helmert's avatar

Thank you, Dan!

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Al Adlard's avatar

When my niece was three years old, she looked out across a field full of dandelions and said, "This is my life... all these flowers." I still think about it whenever I see dandelions, especially ones going to seed. "This is my life... all these flowers."

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Susanne Helmert's avatar

Oh, I love this so much. I wonder what kind of person or thinker she will be when she is thirty!thank you for sharing this amazing story with me! What a beautiful thing to say…

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James Hider's avatar

A simple idea so beautifully executed Susanne. I haven't got around to still life images - I am sure there is quite a learning curve - but thank you for the inspiration.

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Susanne Helmert's avatar

Thank you! It definitely is a different approach as you don‘t work what is presented to you like in a landscape for example, but it is an interesting way to express something.

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søren k. harbel's avatar

Susanne, they are lovely. I have memories of those seeds that got in everywhere.... and the neighbour who refused to dig them out and all the other neighbours, who wanted pure green grass. They were cursing. On a windy day, the seeds would fly and land on the perfect lawns and the owners could only watch.... It was serious neighbourhood drama! Lovely photographs. Well done, and such a great idea.

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Susanne Helmert's avatar

The place we rent here comes with a lawn. Once you have one dandelion in it, it will be everywhere in no time.

The other day, I thought - if there were one plant that could take over the world, my bet would be either on the dandelion or brambles. They take over places so quickly, it is impressive.

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KewtieBird’s Photo Journey's avatar

These are all so beautifully done. Magic!

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Susanne Helmert's avatar

Thank you so much!

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