DAFFODIL, 2019
Book creates space to ponder the period of life, where experience and joy are juxtaposed with stereotypes related to inevitability and senility. In works exhibited, senility is perceived as a period of gained experience, memory, reflections, dignity and courage. Contemporary society is inseparable from social networks and cult of youth, however this cult exposes the problem of an aging society. This inevitable process is considered as something that should be stopped or reversed. Fragility, decay and mortality becomes synonyms of senility, although they represent just a tiny fraction of this period of life.
“With my photographs, I try to narrate the death of youth, just like those cemetery daffodils as were regarded by the ancient Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians. I want to place emphasis on aging, on slowing down, on melancholy, isolation, and confusion, on the awareness of our own farewell - surely one of the most painful concerns - and, in contrast, also on small moments of happiness: the soul’s resistance to death.”



Daffodil won first place in the Self Publish Riga 2018 Dummy Book Competition. After the competition, the book was published by Kaunas Photography Gallery, KOPA Printing House and Antalis LT & Antalis LV.


"Daffodil by Bahadir Aksan – a mesmerising look at getting older."
KOPA Publishing interview.


The launch of the book “Daffodil” and the opening of the exhibition took place in Kaunas, at the Kaunas Photo Gallery. March 7, 2019.
"IF YOU ARE MISLED & THE ONLY AIM IS TO BECOME THE WINNER, YOU MAY EASILY MISS THE MAIN BEAUTY OF PREPARING A PHOTO BOOK; THE EXCITEMENT, ENERGY & JOY IT BROUGHT TO YOU TO ACHIEVE A DUMMY THAT SATISFIES & REFLECTS YOU TOTALLY."







Daffodil was exhibited at the LA Art Book Fair in April 2019.




The launch and exhibition of the Daffodil book in Turkey was held at Ka in Ankara between May 11-23, 2019.