In the spring of 2025, I spent several weeks at an art residency in southern France. When I arrived, it was poppy season. I was drawn to their contrasting characteristics : delicate and short-lived, yet able to withstand the intense sun and the sudden “Mistral” winds that roar through the region in the late spring and summer.
The poppy carries a long history of symbolism. It is widely recognized as a flower of remembrance, made iconic by the poem “In Flanders Fields”, which describes poppies growing on World War I battlefields. This quality of remembering that the poppy references resonated with my ongoing interest in how memory—both personal and collective—is embedded in place.
During the residency, I played with this theme in an exploratory exercise in how photographs can reveal layered versions of experience, memory, and place.
Giclée prints, Hahnemühle Fine Art Pearl
Editions of 10 + 2 AP
20×24”
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