Kate Flowers, Flowers through droplets (PEOPLE & PORTRAIT 2025)

Photographed in black and white to emphasise texture and mood, this portrait uses condensation and water droplets on glass as a natural filter between subject and viewer. The shallow focus allows the raindrops to sharpen while the figure softens, creating contrast between clarity and obscurity. The result is an image suspended between realism and abstraction, evoking a sense of distance, silence, and pause.

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