Flower Arrangement By Marcus Adams (1958)

Wargrave-on-Thames M/S of an elderly Marcus Adams dressed in a doctor’s white coat. Adams, “the most famous child photographer of the century“, sits at his desk in his light, airy studio. Behind him is a large window through which a garden is visible. He is surrounded by collages made from dried plants. His desk is piled high with various pieces of paper, fern leaves and other dried plants and flowers. Panning C/U shot going from Adams’ hands to the materials on the desk. Adams is using the fern leaves to create a new collage. C/U of Adams as he works. Top shot of the work in progress. Various shots of Adams and his collage as it begins to take the form of a landscape. The narrator explains that flower pressing is not a new form of art and was a particularly “popular pastime“ in the Victorian era. Adams picks up a small tube of glue. C/U of Adams using a knife to shape a piece of dried plant. C/U of Adams using the knife and a small pick to place a fern leaf onto the collage. M/S of Adams