Flower photography blooms into broadcaster Diana Pierce’s second act

Minnesota Now

In her book “The Orchid Thief” about obsessive flower hunting, Susan Orlean wonders if “the reason it matters to care passionately about something is that it whittles the world down to a more manageable size.”

Twin Cities broadcasting legend Diana Pierce knows something about that. After retiring from her role in front of the camera as a KARE 11 news anchor, Pierce started a new endeavor: traveling around the country to capture stunning landscape photographs.

She eventually narrowed her focus to flowers. Now she’s writing a newsletter, called Blooming, with stories about flowers and people who tend to them. Diana Pierce joined Minnesota Now to talk about her project.