Tiny Flowers

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Noriko Aoyama, Japan
• Date of Photograph
  2022-2023
• Website
  http://n-aoyama.com
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/norikofoto/

I found myself drawing scenes of destruction while watching footage of the Ukrainian war. There should have been people's lives and children's laughter there. When I contemplated the unreasonableness and cruelty of having these things taken away so suddenly, I felt the urge to add flowers to the scene. This artwork, a combination of drawings and photographs of flowers, was created to mourn and remember the lives lost. Tiny flowers and people living on the battlefield overlapped in my mind.

I am trying to explore my subconscious and visualize it. This is because I was able to be healed and take a positive attitude by doing so. I have lived in the world of commercial photography for a long time, but for the rest of my days, I would like to look at and express the difficulty of being alive and the darkness of the heart that we all experience.

Awards ・2020 : Critical Mass Finalist Top 200
・2020 : 15th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards , 4 Honorable Mentions
・2020 : PX3 Prix de la Photographie de Paris , Honorable Mention
・2020 : International Photography Awards( IPA2020 ) , Honorable Mention
・2018 : International Photography Awards( IPA2018 ) , Honorable Mention