Embryos that look as though they’re porcelain, soft shiny hides resembling the most sought-after silk, surreal cuts, contrasts and light effects reminiscent of the brushstroke work in certain Caravaggio paintings.

Nature, in all its power and glory and capacity for surprise emerges in the work of the photographer Tim Flach.

His works are imbued with a desire to communicate something of profound resonance conveying a sense of wonder, emotional truth and almost a feeling of the unreal.

Tim Flach provides his spectators with the space to interpret images in their own way.

And his book Equus gives us strong new sensations linked to the world of horses.