The personal work of Photographer and Director Daeja Fallas including her now sold out book Bodega Flowers released in 2018.
Bodega Flowers - Book
When my grandfather passed it felt to me like an entire ocean had evaporated. The life-giving force of my world had gone. After returning to New York, the days blended together in a cold, rainy daze. The fog that clouds our brains after we lose someone had settled in. I began making these photos as a way to understand how the world could keep spinning on as it always had. I was searching for a way to document the half-conscious state we are in after we face a tragedy. What happens to our minds, where do we go in this haze?
The Future of Beauty
When considering this statement, I considered my friends, family, community, and my own children knowing the response would be different from each and every person. With that in mind, I set out to tell their story, as individuals each on a different path. The future of beauty is inclusive of all. On the following pages are a few faces that I believe represent a bright future.
Thank you, Clinique, for the opportunity to tell this story.
Plant Life
As I walked around my hometown of Kailua on the island of Oahu in Hawai’i trying to settle my newborn daughter to sleep I began to notice how the flora and fauna of the island was reminiscent of human anatomy. How a Heliconia resembled a spine or the petal of a pink ginger a tongue. Working closely with Tamara Rigney of Paiko and Mei Day over 2 years we photographed friends, strangers, artists, and lots and lots of plants. Plant Life opened at Ars Gallery in Honolulu, Hawaii on August 1, 2019.
Daeja Fallas is a photographer and director working in beauty, lifestyle, portraiture and wellness.