Flowers have always been an obsession for Japanese photographer Mika Ninagawa. Nothing lasts forever, so I want to preserve that beauty as it appears at a precise moment in time, she says. By photographing flowers, I seek to capture and immortalise their fleeting beauty.
She has a lot in common with French jeweller Van Cleef & Arpels. In the Maison's century-long history, flowers have been a constant motif, appearing on glided imperial crowns and on subtle pendants alike. It's why Ninagawa's latest collaboration with the famed jeweller is nothing short of a cosmic match.
Florae is Van Cleef & Arpels' latest jewellery exhibition celebrating the beauty of flowers. On display from now till November 14 at Hôtel d'Évreux – on Paris' hallowed Place Vendôme – Florae showcases over a hundred pieces from Van Cleef & Arpels' patrimony collection and its contemporary jewellery lines.
Juxtaposed against these immortal creations are surreal works from Ninagawa; otherworldly flowers unfurl their corollas on towering glass walls while Van Cleef & Arpels' creations rest within nearly invisible showcases.
This story is from the November 2021 edition of L'OFFICIEL Singapore.
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