In my photographs, humans and nature meet as parts of the universe, connected to the past and the future.
The flowers from my mother’s garden charm with their beauty, but also wither and dry. The vulnerability and fragility of life is reflected in the decayed flowers, as questions about brevity of life, transience, and passing of time arise.
Flowers are intertwined with life and death. Flower bouquets are used to congratulate, and celebrate those who are born, and through them we remember the dead. Flowers are present through various moments of our lives.
My new series, Greetings from Broken Flowers tells us about the severed connection between us and nature.
The photographs taken in her mother's garden since 1987 capture moments from harvest to decay, from children growing up to adulthood and finally saying goodbye to parents. Works from the series have been exhibited, among others, in the Paratiisin puutarha exhibition at HAM, a solo exhibition at the Photogallery Hippolyte and the PhotoVogue Festival in Milan (2025).
The series continues with Lumi Tuomi in the form of a collaboration with the Muaman Sadu (Mother's Garden) exhibition at the Poriginal gallery of the Pori Art Museum in 2026.