"Fashion, flowers, nudes and portraits — they're all the same: light, form, color. And mystery. And mystery is very important. When I started photographing flowers, I thought, 'My God, where have I been?' I'd never seen the mysteries of a flower. We walk by wonders every day and don't see them. We only stop at what shouts the loudest.
"My great women of jazz series touched me deeply. I documented women who had been ignored and were extraordinarily talented — and contributed so much to American culture. I became friends with many of them. At the time (1979), women over 40 were ignored."
Legendary international fashion photographer, Barbara directed the first fashion TV commercials, earned numerous awards and created evocative nudes and portraits. Her sensitive flower explorations inspired the books, Searching: Secret Landscapes of Flowers Volumes I, II and III.
