Title: CARELESS WHISPER
Year: 2022
Size: 120 X 95 CM
Technique: PHOTOGRAPHY
Price: US$ 10,000
Description: WHEN D SEED OF LOVE IS SILENTLY PLANTED IN YOUR HEART…

LOVE IS D DRUG series
I STARTED WITH THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CREATIONS ON EARTH - FLOWERS, AS THE MAIN SUBECT OF MY INITIAL APPROACH TO ABSTRACT PHOTOGRAPHY.
INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON THE OUTTER BEAUTY OF THE FLOWERS, I AIMED TO EMPHASIZE ON THE DIFFERENT EMOTIONS THEY EVOKED WITHIN OUR PSYCH WHEN WE CAME ACROSS BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS IN OUR DAILY LIVES…

Art criticism by curator Mara Cipriano
In this series, Justin Chan uses a visual metaphor, with flowers as the main subjects, to explore love as an intense experience. Chan manipulates floral details to transform them into something metaphysical. His style highlights the evocative power of flowers, symbolizing the fragility of love—a wondrous yet vulnerable emotion.
In his works, flowers tell untold love stories, filled with silences and nuances. For instance:
• Careless Whisper evokes the intimate and secret moment when a feeling is born.
• Guilty Love explores the forbidden shades of love.
• Love is portrayed as both purity and temptation, as shown in D Secret Garden.
• Happy Paradise presents love as a joyful dream that, in its purest form, aspires to eternity, despite being subject to profound change.
• In Nothing Really Matters, the flower becomes a symbol of love’s maturation, destined to evolve.
• In Til Death, the faded flowers merge with shadows and dramatic strokes, symbolizing the ephemeral nature of a love tied to the transience of existence.