Issue South America Specimens 2025

Description

Photographed by Jason Kim for Issue South America's 'Specimens' story, this close-up beauty still life highlights a delicate, translucent butterfly specimen set atop fragmented magenta pressed powder. The fine grid patterns and fractured chunks of crushed cosmetic pigment provide rich tactile contrast against the insect's paper-thin wings and subtle eyespot details. Bright backlighting illuminates the sheer membrane of the wings while casting soft shadows across the deep berry and plum cosmetic textures.

Style

Editorial, Vertical, Tactile

Techniques

Macro

Industries

Cosmetics

Color

Context

Editorial