The detail of the cactus was illuminated by the sun and the bottom had been invaded by a strong shadow. The fact of the approximation being accentuated showed the cactus beaks. Black and white digital photography. This work is part of a set of flowers / dried plants that show us surprising forms that were evident in the exhibition carried out at Hospital de Santiago in Setúbal last year. The title of the exhibition "After ... before ..." translates me by what we understand: the plants "After the ..." their verdant beauty present new beauties "Before ..." they lose their forms. The process was from this idea to look in the fields and gardens flowers at their end of life, interpreting their forms that the light was drawing. The project has no mentor who knows and continues to develop.