Hiromi Kobayashi's exploration of flowers, trees and natural landscapes goes beyond a simple appreciation of nature's aesthetic ingenuity. After making a bell pepper appear out of thin air over the course of three images, Kobayashi examines the simple shapes of several cut flowers in isolation in a studio setting, then gradually adds complexity, moving from flower photography to almost abstract scenes of a winter forest and birds on a lake. In the afterword the beautiful, shining sunlight recalls a sense of salvation and happiness, and the days of becoming one with the camera and searching for moments of illumination.