{"id":483,"date":"2025-01-22T19:22:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T20:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scrollsugar.com\/?p=483"},"modified":"2025-02-20T17:20:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T17:20:31","slug":"beguiling-botanicals-fluoresce-in-tom-leightons-otherworldly-photographs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/scrollsugar.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/22\/beguiling-botanicals-fluoresce-in-tom-leightons-otherworldly-photographs\/","title":{"rendered":"Beguiling Botanicals Fluoresce in Tom Leighton\u2019s Otherworldly Photographs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Beguiling Botanicals Fluoresce in Tom Leighton\u2019s Otherworldly Photographs\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/scrollsugar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/leighton-6.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>When it comes to foliage, there\u2019s a reason it\u2019s called \u201cgreenery.\u201d But for Cornwall-based photographer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tleighton.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tom Leighton<\/a>, common plants take on otherworldly dimensions when rendered in unexpected hues.<\/p>\n<p>The artist\u2019s latest series, <em>Fabled Gardens II, <\/em>focuses predominantly on giant rhubarb, ferns, and rhododendrons, highlighting the captivating patterns and layers of leaves, fronds, and flowers. Leighton illuminates the botanicals at night, setting crisp outlines against dark backgrounds. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1440\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"a photograph of ferns in an otherworldly greenish-gray hue\" class=\"wp-image-448922 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/scrollsugar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/leighton-4-960x1440-1.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p>Leighton\u2019s photographs (<a href=\"\/tags\/tom-leighton\">previously<\/a>) emphasize what he describes as the \u201cforces that shape the natural world,\u201d tapping into the power of light and color to illustrate dynamic biological processes like photosynthesis, reproduction, growth, and decay.<\/p>\n<p>The artist is currently preparing for forthcoming print releases. Follow updates on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tomleightonart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, and explore more on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tleighton.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.behance.net\/TomLeighton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Behance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1440\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"a photograph of giant rhubarb with a light emitting from the center of a leaf, in an orange and teal hue\" class=\"wp-image-448921 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/scrollsugar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/leighton-3-960x1440-1.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1440\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-448938 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/scrollsugar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/leighton-10-960x1440-1.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1440\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"a photograph of rhododendrons in an otherworldly pink and green hues\" class=\"wp-image-448923 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/scrollsugar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/leighton-5-960x1440-1.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"a photograph of giant rhubarb in a pinkish-orange hue\" class=\"wp-image-448926 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/scrollsugar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/leighton-8-960x640-1.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"a photograph of giant rhubarb with a light emitting from the center of a leaf, in a blue and teal hue\" class=\"wp-image-448920 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/scrollsugar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/leighton-2-960x1280-1.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"a photograph of giant rhubarb with a light emitting from the center of a leaf, in a pink hue\" class=\"wp-image-448927 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/scrollsugar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/leighton-9-960x640-1.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"a photograph of ferns in an otherworldly pinkish-gray hue\" class=\"wp-image-448925 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/scrollsugar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/leighton-7-960x1280-1.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p>Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/members\">Colossal Member<\/a> today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2025\/01\/tom-leighton-fabled-garden-ii\/\">Beguiling Botanicals Fluoresce in Tom Leighton\u2019s Otherworldly Photographs<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\">Colossal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to foliage, there\u2019s a reason it\u2019s called \u201cgreenery.\u201d But for Cornwall-based photographer Tom Leighton, common plants take on otherworldly dimensions when rendered in unexpected hues. The artist\u2019s latest series, Fabled Gardens II,&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scrollsugar.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/22\/beguiling-botanicals-fluoresce-in-tom-leightons-otherworldly-photographs\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Beguiling Botanicals Fluoresce in Tom Leighton\u2019s Otherworldly Photographs&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/scrollsugar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/scrollsugar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/scrollsugar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/scrollsugar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/scrollsugar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/scrollsugar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":496,"href":"http:\/\/scrollsugar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483\/revisions\/496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/scrollsugar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/scrollsugar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/scrollsugar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/scrollsugar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}