01 CALLA LILY
Guia used the flowers to empower her subject and convey fragility
Lens Canon RF 50mm F1.2L USM Exposure 1/160 sec, f/1.4, ISO160
NAME: Guia Besana
LOCATION: Barcelona, Spain
MISSION: Capture strength and power in women using flowers as props
KIT: Canon EOS R & Canon RF 50mm F1.2L USM
www.guiabesana.com
I started out in photojournalism, however I made the move from fact to fiction after the birth of my daughter in 2007, and the internal conflict I found myself facing as a new parent with professional ambitions.
My project Rummage of Flowers was shot with the EOS R and the Canon RF 50mm F1.2L USM lens. I wanted to play with themes of fragility, power, and indecision.
When a woman overcomes fragility, that’s when she becomes powerful. Women can be strong and unsure of what they want. I wanted to try to capture that in my models. I don’t pick pro models, because they know how to pose, instead street casting gives me subjects who are not so used to standing in front of a camera.
02 GERBERA
The gerbera daisy symbolizes purity, innocence and beauty
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