The Birth Of A Flower (1910)

An extract from the hand-tinted film by naturalist and photographer Percy Smith (1880-1944). A fine example of early time-lapse photography. Soundtrack: Gymnopedie no.1 by Erik Satie, Arranged for guitar by E. O’Hara of The Lucky Dog Picturehouse. Performed at the Horniman Museum, London 2014.
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