Men Carrying Flowers vol. 2

Men Carrying Flowers Vol. 2 by artist Ophelia Mikkelson Jones and 42 others. Featuring text by author and director Durga Chew-Bose.

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Men Carrying Flowers is an ongoing work by artist Ophelia Mikkelson Jones. Captured on an iPhone camera, the photographs document an intimate gesture in a public space: a man carrying flowers, on the street. The work pursues the unplanned and fleeting occurrence over ten years, considering kindness as a matter to be found and followed.

On Men Carrying Flowers Vol. 2: "When Vol.1 was published, people from everywhere, all over the world, started sending me their sightings. This was something I did not expect because in those first five years, taking these photos was something I did and thought about alone. And then I began receiving all these images that other people had taken. Through their eyes. Photographs from places I had never been. These beautiful and thrilling, heart-melting photos - all floating on my phone. 'Many hands make light work.' I had been told. It was the village. Supporting the project (and me, by symphony, as a new mother too).A very warm feeling of connection and love and beauty. Something deeply satisfying and surprising that made itself."— Ophelia Mikkelson Jones