Flower photography isn't just about pretty roses: photographers in this new collection found beauty from weeds in concrete and ghosts in cyanotype

Triptych image: left panel shows assorted colorful flowers on dark ground, center panel features a blue leaf print, right panel has pink leaves on orange textured background.

If you don't know much about photography, you might expect that taking pictures of flowers would be the easiest of all jobs.

The thing is already beautiful, right? It doesn't move or hide like wildlife. It doesn't need coaxing, like people. You don't need to wait hours for the elements to perfectly cohere, as with landscape or astrophotography. So where's the challenge?