This image shows a sunflower transformed into a spiral vortex. The flower's yellow petals and dark heart are distorted into a dynamic vortex, as if nature itself has been set in motion. The background - a grey, concrete or stone ground - has been sucked into this rotation, giving the scene a hypnotic and abstract character.
The image raises questions: Is this a flower in transformation? A metaphor for energy? Or a play with perspective and form?
At the heart of the sun, the flower spins, its yellow rays catching the flow. The world distorts, the concrete bends with it, a dance of nature on grey sea.
The spiral shape suggests change, as if the sunflower is not static but part of a larger process.
The flower symbolises life, while the background represents an urban, harsh world. Their blending may indicate the influence of man and nature on each other.
Distorting a familiar shape (the sunflower) creates space for new interpretations - from cosmic to emotional.
My husband ( Arie Lok ) and I are both fanatical photographers so we regularly go out together to photograph beautiful landscapes, animals, birds and actually everything that is beautiful.
He with his Nikon and I with my Canon.
We were regularly asked to do something with these photos, ..
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