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This series is inspired by Ikebana, the traditional Japanese art of flower arrangement. Ikebana embodies, not only the objective of aesthetic harmony of flowers and plants for display but also is a spiritual process of closeness with nature to achieve inner piece

I have adapted the idea of Ikebana in my photo series to represent the harmony of nature. I have employed a nude woman as an analogy for a flower vase and arranged white roses, a symbol of spirituality, with her. I also digitally added the image of jellyfish tentacles. All elements are metaphors: a woman as Mother Earth, roses as beauty from land, the model's bird wing tattoo as a sky creature, and jellyfish tentacles as a sea creature.

Photographer. Photographic artist. Photo retoucher. www.mayumism.com (NSFW) www.mayumiphoto.com ​ Mayumi creates and offer sensual and alluring ​​photographic art for private collection and commercial spaces. She mainly makes digitally manipulated portraiture and artistic nude images. Her works appear as dreamlike poetic images in which fantasy and reality meet. She often applies metaphorical language to generate captivating and thought-provoking images. ​ Mayumi was born in Japan and moved to New York City in 1995. She graduated from Hunter College (The City University of New York) with a BA degree in Studio Art and Psychology in 2003 and studied photography under the legendary Roy DeCarava. She worked as an...