In Bloom, A Macro Study
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$4,751 displayed raised · 14 fund applications (6 curated) · 1 season · best rank #378 in Season 7
An evolving photo series capturing the hidden textures and detail of flowers up close
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About
I take super close up pictures of flowers so you can see all the tiny colors, lines and patterns you would normally miss. It is like looking at a flower through a magic magnifying glass that shows its hidden world.
Impact
This project brings calm and beauty to people everywhere while proving that incredible visual art can come from Nigeria. It helps open doors for more African photographers to be seen, supported and taken seriously on a global stage.
Progress
So far I have shots using just my phone camera, mostly wider shots rather than true close ups. It has been enough to train my eye for light, color and composition, but not enough to capture real macro detail, which is the gear this funding unlocks
Team
I have spent months training my eye on flowers with nothing but a phone camera, learning light, framing and patience the hard way. That obsession with detail is exactly what macro photography demands. I just need the right tool to match the vision I
Funding
| Sales | Venus | S+V | Match | S+V+M | Venus extras | Prize | V2+M+P | V2/S | (V2+M)/S | (V2+M+P)/S | Raised | Available | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 7 | $70 | $20 | $90 | $260 | $350 | $3,000 | $51 | $3,331 | 43.1x | 46.9x | 47.6x | $4,751 | — |
| Total | $70 | $20 | $90 | $260 | $350 | $3,000 | $51 | $3,331 | — | — | — | $4,751 | — |
Fund applications
| Season | Fund | Status | Applied |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 7 | Stories Without Borders Fund | submitted | 2026-07-24 |
| Season 7 | Artists Village Fund for Creative Resilience in Kaduna | submitted | 2026-07-19 |
| Season 7 | WildSeed Creators Fund | curated | 2026-07-20 |
| Season 7 | Emergent Creativity Fund for Conscious Collaboration | curated | 2026-08-02 |
| Season 7 | Freedom of Art Fund | submitted | 2026-07-31 |
| Season 7 | Habitat Fund for Wild Realities | submitted | 2026-07-19 |
| Season 7 | Technopenuriaphobia Fund for Human Connection | curated | 2026-07-24 |
| Season 7 | Apollo Fund for the New Renaissance | submitted | 2026-08-02 |
| Season 7 | Paradiseön Fund for Art, Earth & Regeneration | submitted | 2026-07-31 |
| Season 7 | Explorer Fund for Living Places | curated | 2026-07-17 |
| Season 7 | Waste to Wonder Fund for African Creators | submitted | 2026-08-25 |
| Season 7 | Neuro Chroma Fund for Nigeria's Next Generation | curated | 2026-07-19 |
| Season 7 | Hope Fund for Collective Futures | submitted | 2026-07-31 |
| Season 7 | AfroForward Fund for Creative Entrepreneurs | curated | 2026-08-09 |
Season totals as displayed on the platform's public accounting — not a statement of amounts paid out. V2 = Venus sales + Venus extras. The original page also broke each season down by fund drive and showed an Available (unclaimed) balance; that level of detail survives only on the preserved snapshots.
Leaderboard page (offline): https://artizen.fyi/projects/in-bloom
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Top siblings
Projects that applied to the same funds.
| Project | Shared funds | Raised | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Element of Chawaza Artistic fusion of culture, landscape, sound and tech that evokes a profound sensory expe… | AfroForward Fund for Creative Entrepreneurs, Apollo Fund for the New Renaissance, Artists Village Fund for Creative Resilience in Kaduna +11 | $1,356 |
| 2. | Akuya I am an upcoming artist and this is my first track of the year, i need help for the produ… | AfroForward Fund for Creative Entrepreneurs, Apollo Fund for the New Renaissance, Emergent Creativity Fund for Conscious Collaboration +10 | $234 |
| 3. | The International Artists Project Documentary First Documentary to Tell the Stories of Music Artists Born in Every Country on Earth | Apollo Fund for the New Renaissance, Artists Village Fund for Creative Resilience in Kaduna, Emergent Creativity Fund for Conscious Collaboration +10 | $563 |
| 4. | adopt a tree Building climate-smart communities by teaching kids tree planting and agroforestry skills. | Apollo Fund for the New Renaissance, Artists Village Fund for Creative Resilience in Kaduna, Emergent Creativity Fund for Conscious Collaboration +6 | $14,777 |
| 5. | Healing Through Art: The Wellness Workshop Using creativity and care to heal hearts and strengthen communities. | AfroForward Fund for Creative Entrepreneurs, Apollo Fund for the New Renaissance, Artists Village Fund for Creative Resilience in Kaduna +7 | $1,522 |
| 6. | HERITAGE COLLECTION: Fashion, Music & Blockchain Show A Multidisciplinary Fashion, Music & Blockchain Showcase | AfroForward Fund for Creative Entrepreneurs, Apollo Fund for the New Renaissance, Emergent Creativity Fund for Conscious Collaboration +4 | $20,742 |
| 7. | RooTed A transformative boy child empowerment project dedicated for healing, nurturing dreams, t… | AfroForward Fund for Creative Entrepreneurs, Artists Village Fund for Creative Resilience in Kaduna, Freedom of Art Fund +4 | $8,986 |
| 8. | SITIO-FLORESTA-ESCOLA We are building a DAO here in the mountains, where the Living Forest School serves as the… | Apollo Fund for the New Renaissance, Explorer Fund for Living Places, Habitat Fund for Wild Realities +4 | $29,340 |
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