This photograph was reproduced in the second issue of selectpictures.com, “Early Color Photographs.”  The effort Costain put into creating a color image that would capture the beauty found in nature was probably the most personal of his ambitions as a photographer.

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Untitled (Orchids)

Harold Costain, 1937 
vintage dye-transfer print 
13 1/2 × 10 1/2”