'The road to freedom is bordered with sunflowers.'
Martin Firrell
One of the classic symbols of Mother's Day is a bouquet of flowers. The tradition of giving flowers to mothers goes back to the early 1900's. Although it began with carnations, any flowers would do, especially if they were the mother's favorite. My mother's favorite flower was the sunflower,🌻which she received from both her kids and her husband most years.
In the days after Mother's Day, my parents home was filled with bouquets in every room. My mother loved her gift bouquets, although was never given one, without commenting about how we wasted our money. Bouquets of flowers are also connected to photographer Andrew Bowman, who rarely shoots a male model with a colorful bouquet on hand.
Holding these long stemmed Sunflowers is model Simon King from a 2023 shoot with Andrew. Although Mother's Day for the UK based photographer falls in March, Andrew has helped FH celebrate the holiday during many Mays, sharing visuals of both beautiful bouquets, and the nude models holding them.
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