An eye-catching and unearthly plant photography series by Tom Leighton. In this ongoing series titled Variegation, he captures splendid pictures of plants under vibrant neon lights. The title Variegation is a reference to the appearance of differently colored zones in the leaves and sometimes the stems and fruit of plants.
Tom Leighton is an artist, photographer, and printmaker, with a fascination with architectural structure and form. Trained at the Royal College of Art in London, he expertly layers and manipulates his photographic images, creating work that is both beautiful and provocative, encouraging us to imagine different possibilities for the world around us.