Marty Klein combines decades of amateur photography and a profound appreciation of nature in the new medium of scanography. This image was created using a flatbed scanner as the camera and natural objects as the subjects. In my work, I strive to portray essences, the glories of natural forms and colors, the familiar and the less-seen details. Fueled by my deep connection to “green world”, and an insatiable and wide-ranging curiosity, nature’s marvels and mysteries inspire me. The nat...
 

Marty Klein combines decades of amateur photography and a profound appreciation of nature in the new medium of scanography. This image was created using a flatbed scanner as the camera and natural objects as the subjects.

In my work, I strive to portray essences, the glories of natural forms and colors, the familiar and the less-seen details. Fueled by my deep connection to “green world”, and an insatiable and wide-ranging curiosity, nature’s marvels and mysteries inspire me. The natural world is my sanctuary...a place of refuge and discovery. I am a forager by nature and of nature. The lure of the unexpected and the surprises I encounter, entice me, invite me to linger a moment longer, to observe more closely. My work is in part (and ironically), my response to a declining interest in the natural world, supplanted by technological pursuits.

“Klein is a pioneer in scanography, the art of using a flatbed scanner as a macro camera. His work is remarkable for its deeply informed connection to nature, for its wit, and for its joy in life. Klein's grounding in photography serves him well in composing his materials on the glass. What gives Klein depth is his intimacy with Nature, for he is a true naturalist, a man of the land. He sees.” www.morningearth.org 2010