Oriental Poppies is a photograph by Elena Nosyreva which was uploaded on May 27th, 2014.
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Oriental Poppies
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Elena Nosyreva
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Photograph - Photography
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Still life with oriental poppies.
Poppies have long been used as a symbol of sleep, peace, and death: Sleep because of the opium extracted from them, and death because of the common blood-red color of the red poppy in particular. In Greek and Roman myths, poppies were used as offerings to the dead. Poppies used as emblems on tombstones symbolize eternal sleep. This symbolism was evoked in the children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, in which a magical poppy field threatened to make the protagonists sleep forever.
A second interpretation of poppies in Classical mythology is that the bright scarlet color signifies a promise of resurrection after death.
Wearing of poppies, as commemoration of those who died in war, has been a custom since 1924 in the United States. Miss Moina Michael of Georgia is credited as the founder of the Memorial Poppy in the United States.
Original photography by Elena Nosyreva, digitally enhanced with textures.
(c) All copyrights reserved by Elena Nosyreva.
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Belinda Greb
Your still-lives are just exquisite, beautiful placement of objects - here love the bright orange and yellow poppies balanced with the blue ceramic bowl against the neutrals.