The silence bloomed first.

“Rose Devotion” tells of the quiet presence of the rose. Through three photographs, a movement unfolds from warmth to reflection, culminating in an opening into the light. What begins in “I – Embers” as deep red and a quiet burning finds composure and stillness in “II – Silence,” and opens itself to the light in “III – Unfolding.” The two white roses were created during a time of personal impermanence and intensive engagement with Hegel’s “being of light.” Thus, light became a recurring element of the series, and the three works became a sequence of images about presence, memory, and transience.