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Close-up photographs by Gian Luca Barlucchi, exploring flower petals, seed heads, leaf veins, water droplets and details of everyday life.

A dandelion’s fine filaments, the folds of a rose and sunlight passing through a leaf make small details the centre of the frame. Flowers and plants recur throughout this collection, alongside textures and fragments that reward a closer look.

Black-and-white photograph looking down into an open rose — Rose 4

Hands wrapped around a white cup filled with a hot drink — A cup

Red, green and orange peppers arranged on a market stall — Bangwe marketFood

Orange and green peppers piled beside larger vegetables at a market — Bangwe market 2Food

Bee hovering beside small purple flowers and green leaves — Bee

Water washing into the sand-filled bow of a wooden canoe — Canoe 4

Weathered wooden canoe resting on pale sand with rope draped over its bow — Canoe 4

Close-up of orange carrots against a dark background — CarrotsFood

Hand arranging fresh carrots in a large green basin — Carrots 4Food

Black-and-white detail of a crocodile's ridged tail partly submerged in water — CrocodileSafari

Crocodile resting in grass beside the water — Crocodile 2Safari

White dandelion seed head against a blurred yellow-green background — Dandelion

Close-up of fine white dandelion seeds against a soft green background — Dandelion 2

Dandelion seeds with delicate white filaments clustered around the seed head — Dandelion 3

Water droplets resting on a green leaf in sunlight — Dew

Close-up of an iris flower's yellow centre and striped petals — Flower 2

Cluster of pink and yellow flowers against green foliage — Flowers 3

Hands holding mobile phones in warm sunlight — Hands 3

Child's hands holding a few brightly coloured sweets — HandsPortraits / Kids

Hand resting beside a hammer and a pile of broken stone — Hands at work

Close-up of hands using a mobile phone — Hands2

Black-and-white close-up of slender leaves with sharply defined veins — Leaf

Bright green serrated leaf with a small spider on its surface — Leaves 3

Sunlight shining through the veins of green leaves against a blue sky — Leaves 4

White lilies with long red stamens against a dark background — Lily

Small hand-tied straw broom resting on a wooden surface — Little broom

Close-up of a pale purple flower with a green calyx — Little wonder

Small purple flower and unopened bud on a fine stem — Little wonder 2

Close-up of a torn knee in a pair of faded blue jeans — Old Jeans

Fresh carrots and a kitchen knife on a wet chopping board — On the tableStill life / Food

Back of a red poppy with translucent petals beside textured stone — Poppy angry face

Black-and-white close-up of petals spiralling into the centre of a rose — Rose

Black-and-white close-up of a rose with curled, overlapping petals — Rose 10

Red rose on a thorny stem against a softly blurred garden background — Rose 11

Pink rose in side view against dark foliage — Rose 3

Black-and-white photograph of a partly opened rose on its stem — Rose 5

Pink rose with overlapping petals and visible water droplets — Rose 6

Black-and-white side view of a rose and leaves on a thorny stem — Rose 7

Close-up of a pink rose against a dark background — Rose 8

Hands resting on a golden saxophone across a musician's lap — Sax 2On stage

Ripe red tomatoes nestled among green leaves — TomatoesStill life / Food

Colourful reflections beside the decorated seating of a gondola in Venice — VeniceLandscape

Close-up of a yellow flower with dark red markings at the centre — Yellow

Black-and-white close-up of a zebra's eye surrounded by stripes — Zebra 6Safari