Adored by kings and poets, madmen, aesthetes,symbol of joy, virtue of sadness, sunflowers assert their character, proud, in struggle, they are different, all unique. They look like us. And I love them. Since its arrival in the 16th century in Russia and Europe, worshipped worldwide, the Sunflower is also a plant with multiple interpretations and symbolic, representations from arts to politics, as sense of power,or resistance as for Taiwanese students then Ukrainia. The flowers have been shot against the light on october 7 2023, day of the Gaza drama.
After a pioneering experience in the music, videogames and internet entertainment industry in the 90's, Sebastien Siraudeau then moved on as a professionnal photographer and writer by making fully illustrated books for Flammarion. He now works personal projects engaged with environnement and human relationship. Selected for a residency program with Awagami, awarded as a finalist of the prix Nadar, he has shown his series Aller à l'Arbre (to the tree) in Kyoto.
