_project: blomi 

(2023 - ongoing)

Blomi is an ongoing exploration of beauty and transformation through floral photography. Born out of a period of emotional turbulence following a breakup, the act of photographing flowers came from a simple desire to surround myself with colour, light, and life in an otherwise difficult time.

The word ‘blomi,’ meaning ‘to bloom’ in Old Norse, reflects both the cycle of nature and the emotional blossoming I experienced. The flowers in Blomi appear in various forms — blurry, distorted, abstracted — mirroring the emotional disorientation I felt at the time but also how beauty can emerge through imperfect, unexpected forms. The vivid, bold colours became a way of pushing back against the darkness, a small act of celebrating life.

Flowers, traditionally symbols of femininity, growth, and renewal, became metaphors for the complex emotions I experienced as a woman reclaiming her sense of self after loss. In their transient beauty, I see reflections of womanhood — its softness and its resilience.