Whenever something catches Lüschers vivid imagination, the result will be a new series of work. Like now: She wants to make the miracle of lichens tangible, visible – for herself and maybe for others. Her way of working is slow, precise and patient. She studies the structures, small as a dewdrop: are they simply sprawling colonies? Or compositions of nature setting free the laws of beauty? To catch the hidden answers in photography, Lüscher has to experiment with light and shadow, distances and focusing. Hundreds of shots are being executed, examined, discarded, evaluated until she arrives to her selection. No manipulation, no cropping: her respect for nature is too great for that. And nature rewards her generosity: magnified by a factor of over one hundred, the lichens reveal the wonder of their forms and colours. The granite becomes an enigmatic, dark ground: glistening blossoms glide across it. Or are they a magical flora, the stars of unknown heavens, islands in bloom? Concepts like micro- and macrocosmos become interchangeable.

Annemarie Monteil 2012