Story – Buddha Temptation
This series is telling the temptation of Siddhārtha Buddha by the Goddess of Beauty, in an imaginary paradise full of flowers. As principle of Buddhism, the Middle Way should be followed between the extremes of sensual indulgence and self-mortification. But it is not easy to comply strictly with this recommendation.
Seeing photography is more an analogic process than a logic one, with a sense of humor too. This is how the series should be appreciated as a fairy tale.
Here some hints:
Visual elements like flowers in the eyes or at the ears of Buddha are a diversion of the pictorial maxim of the three wise monkeys.
Time is also evolving in the story from night to day, between the seasons as fresh flowers became dry or dead.
Because these two types sculptures are iconic to Western and Asian cultures, the series can be seen also as the encounter of the two worlds.
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Story – Buddha Temptation
Title : Eyes and Ears
Title : Blossoms
Title : White Blossoms
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Title : Venus Bouquet
Title : Bougainvillea Venus
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Title : Sleeping Venus
Title : Garden of Dried Flowers
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Title : Middle Way
Title : Visions of the Middle Way
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