I Was a Flower is a conceptual photographic series that explores the tension between sensitivity and survival within the human condition. The flower functions as a recurring metaphor for emotional openness — exposed, vulnerable, and deeply affected by external forces.
Through constructed scenes and symbolic visual elements, the series translates internal psychological states into physical environments. Bodies and objects appear displaced, altered, or constrained, reflecting the ongoing negotiation between inner truth and external pressure.
Rather than presenting transformation as resolution, the work embraces ambiguity. Vulnerability is neither romanticized nor rejected; it exists alongside resilience. Each image represents a fragment of emotional experience — exposure, resistance, isolation, adaptation — forming a constellation of states rather than a linear narrative.
The series reflects on what it means to remain open in a world that often demands hardness, questioning whether softness can persist without being erased.
