DEBORAH DEFRANCO

Shot with an iPhone, pixels painstakingly reduced and recreated to achieve a pure and painterly effect, DeFranco’s flowers have become artistic representations of her own personal journey.

“I witnessed so much beauty and tenderness there, and I wanted to grow into seeing myself with those same eyes,” she states in an interview.

“Choosing flowers was a subconscious act of self-portraiture. Where there was once only weeping flowers with broken parts, my new images express the beauty and light I’ve found in myself once again.”