This visual study explores the aesthetics of botanical and organic matter through the lens of cosmetic photography—where every detail is staged, every imperfection sculpted into desirability. This visual study explores the aesthetics of botanical and organic matter through the lens of cosmetic photography—where every detail is staged, every imperfection sculpted into desirability. Developed within IMPROMPTU studio’s Lab, the project experiments with how studio lighting, framing, and isolation techniques shape our perception of ingredients: not as elements of nature, but as symbols of texture, purity, and allure.

From fig to iris, ginkgo to ginger, the images catalogue plant forms with a clinical intimacy—each specimen suspended in white, removed from narrative, reduced to essence. The series is less about identification than suggestion. A speculative index, where scent, skin, and sensation are implied through visual structure.

Index of Intuition questions the visual codes that define beauty imagery. How are ingredients turned into desire? What role does photography play in constructing the language of care? And how might abstraction open new ways of seeing what we think we already know?