Flower Girl
by Theresa Tahara
Title
Flower Girl
Artist
Theresa Tahara
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A little flower girl waits in the wings for her turn on the runway at a local bridal fashion show. A grainy texture has been added to the picture.
Throughout the changing eras of fashion and even roles of the members of the traditional wedding party, the vision of the flower girl has remained even more consistent to humankind than that of the bride herself.
When brides were very young and stepping themselves from childhood to womanhood through the wedding ceremony, the flower girl leads her forward as a symbol innocence "blooming" to become a wife and mother. In classical Roman and Greek times, the flower girl would scatter select herbs and grains to beckon fertility in a new union. Sheaths of wheat were carried in the wedding procession by medieval European flower girls. In modern times, our appreciation for the flower girl grows from pure sentiment: the love of beauty, innocence, and whimsy.
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February 17th, 2013
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Karunita Kapoor
An Artistic display! Love the use of light and shades! Very well done, Theresa! Your description about the Flower Girl, made this work all the more interesting! L/F
Rosa Cobos
So precious the work art and so precious the description. One has much to learn..and know that all the traditions have much soul and understanding of our spiritual and material world of Love and Life. This picture is splendid....beautifully edited...it is not goshtly but spiritual, and the choosing of such a dark color gives to the girl the appereance of an angel. Rosa
Kah Wah Tan
just came across your beautiful capture...although you have already many many input...just want to add too...beautiful moment and treatment
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