•Karl Blissfield born in 1869 and died in 1932. Photographed plants in closeup and trained as a sculptor but was only very interested in plants and a keen amateur botanist and used photography as a teaching tool to demonstrate the differences in botanical forms. 

•He developed cameras which allowed him to photograph both plants and the texture of their surfaces in unprecedented details.

•He first published black and white photography images In unformed der kunst (1929), which translates as artforms in nature, after an exhibition of his work at Berlins Gallery Nierendorf. 

•His images are unique in the portrayal of plants although a number of people have sought to emulate him. He focuses in particular on the form and structure of plants.