NADJA RENTZSCH
Dear Dandelion

The photographic work pays homage to the dandelion plant. The series is inspired by the tireless fight against the dandelion in german gardens - which the dandelion ultimately wins.


Dear Dandelion,

Our neighbour pays the children 1 cent head money per bloom. Why?
So you don’t turn into a puffball. But why is this not allowed?

Dandelion, you excess of fruitfulness, 5000 seeds gliding out every year,
surpassing 100 metres. Enemy of the lay gardener. You spread across the beds,
dodging the blade again and again.

Puffball, you are the child star in the springtime. Only grown-ups revile you.
I too have cut you down, but only to protect your splendour. The wind is getting stronger;
I take my gift into the house.

Gardener's luck!

Author
Born and raised in Berlin, Nadja Rentzsch lives in the metropolis she loves. The artist completed her photography training at the Photocentrum in Berlin Kreuzberg (Ebba Dangschat und Peter Fischer-Piel) and at the renowned Ostkreuz School for Photography in Berlin (Ludwig Rauch). In her series of pictures, Nadja Rentzsch deals with phenomena from everyday life. She stages her motifs in a context that enables new perspectives on familiar mechanisms of thought and behaviour, and offers new perspectives.

Website
www.nadjarentzsch.com

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@Nadja.Rentzsch

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