Chad Montgomery

2023–in progress

Botanical

Close work, made mostly in the garden and within a few kilometres of it. The interest is structural — how a thing is put together, how it holds light at the edges — rather than decorative.

These are made against plain ground and printed small.

A dried seed head photographed close against a plain pale ground.
Seed headLangley, BC
A fern frond partially unfurled, vertical frame, shallow depth of field.
Fern, unfurlingCampbell Valley, Langley, BC
Extreme close view along the edge of a single petal, texture and translucency visible.
Petal edgeLangley, BC
Detail of a plant stem and leaf junction against a dark, out-of-focus background.
Stem and leaf junctionLangley, BC