cclap photo feature: francis flower

Chicago Center for Literature and PhotographyPhotographer Feature

March 24, 2014

FrancisFlower

I m a twenty-one year old boy who lives among the mountains.

My art is based on the idea of “the explosions of the heart:” The love, the pain, the surprise, the pride, the “I believe in something.”

My photos talk about me, they talk about you and they talk about the lovers of the past, the present and the future.

The lovers of the life.

Why are so many of your models always facing away from the camera? Is that deliberate?

This is made on purpose. I think that anyone watching my photos should say to themselves: “What a magical moment! I could live that too.” On the other hand if you look at my photos and you see a face of the person depicted would think: “What a magical moment he, she or they are living.” I do all this because I want to push people appreciate what life gives us. For example a simple sunset with friends.

Many of your photos look like they came out of Hollywood movies. Were you trying to capture something dramatic, or are these images simply a part of your daily life there?

I want to create a kind of art that can be totally understood by everybody. I don’t wanna lose time in creating something which is not real. I love reality and what you are looking at is my choice of what my life to be.

Io voglio creare un arte che possa essere compresa da tutti. Non voglio perdere tempo nel creare qualcosa che non è reale. lo amo la realtà e ciò che stai vedendo è la mia scelta di vita.

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