Visual Studies / 006

Nature & Control

New York City, Kyoto, and Melbourne

2022–2025

21 images

Floral Footpath

Flowers as cultural messengers and moving gestures through the city.

5th Avenue, New York CIty.

Floral Footpath follows bouquets, loose stems and single blooms as they move through city streets. Against concrete, traffic and crowds, flowers alter the emotional field of the scene.

41st & 8th, Midtown Manhattan. 2024.

A wrapped bouquet may suggest anticipation, while a single flower can imply remembrance, apology or intimacy. None of these readings is secure. Meaning gathers through cultural convention, context and the way each person holds, protects or conceals what they carry.

Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York City. 2022.

The series stays with that uncertainty. It records the moment when living matter, private feeling and urban circulation meet, allowing an ordinary act of transport to become both a personal gesture and a public signal.

Central Park, New York City. 2024.
Central Park, New York City. 2024.
Miyagowacho, Kyoto.
Swanston & Little Lonsdale, Melbourne CBD. 2025.
Bourke & Elizabeth, Melbourne CBD. 2024.
45th & 2nd, Midtown East, New York City. 2024.
6th Ave, Midtown Manhattan, New York City. 2023.
42nd & 5th, Midtown Manhattan, New York City. 2023.
42nd & 5th, Midtown Manhattan, New York City. 2024.
33rd & 6th, Greely Square, New York City. 2023.
42nd & 5th, Midtown Manhattan, New York City. 2023.
42nd & 5th, Midtown Manhattan, New York City. 2023.
8th and 42nd. Hell’s Kitchen, New York City. 2025.