Tine Poppe. Phalaenopsis Aphrodite.

Gilded Lilies - Portraits of Cut Flowers

Gilded Lilies is my quiet call to save the climate. It's a series of portraits of cut flowers, similar to the nature morte genre, but rather than focusing on our own mortality, I hope to give a reminder of the environmental impact of the cut flowers industry and to convey a sense of our planets mortality through these flowers.

When giving these magnificent creatures close attention, they become a mysterious, dreamlike universe in themselves and a reminder of the incredible beauty of nature that we are at serious risk of losing.

Tine Poppe is an artist photographer living and working in Oslo, Norway. Her practice focuses on bringing attention to social, political, existential and environmental issues through art or documentary photography. In doing so, her work has been published and exhibited in prominent publications and exhibitions around world. Her works have been purchased by both governmental and corporate art collections in Norway and abroad. Poppe's work has been internationally awarded several times.

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