Hidden beneath the canopy, fungi shape the forest in quiet, extraordinary ways. This project explores that overlooked world, revealing forms and textures that often pass unnoticed underfoot.
Working in natural woodland environments, I use controlled flash not to overpower the scene, but to momentarily lift these organisms out of the gloom. The light isolates delicate structures, emphasises surface detail, and introduces a subtle sense of drama which echoes the tension between visibility and concealment that defines much of fungal life.
The resulting images sit somewhere between documentation and interpretation. They are rooted in place and season, yet slightly theatrical, allowing colour, texture, and form to take precedence over scale or context. By interrupting the forest’s ambient light, the work invites the viewer to pause and reconsider fungi not as background detail, but as vital, sculptural presences within the ecosystem.
This small body of work is an attempt to slow looking down and to acknowledge the richness of the forest floor, and the quiet complexity that thrives there, even if it is transient.
