Flor de Jamaica by Jazmin Garcia

Filmmaker and photographer Jazmin Garcia presents Flor de Jamaica. 

Reflecting twinned motifs of flowers and women, beauty and justice – the limited edition title features an intimate montage of striking, tender images as introduced by letters between Garcia and designer, Symrin Chawla.

“My lens is always seeking, perhaps being summoned by flowers, because they affirm intuitive guidance towards soul repair. Flowers are my ofrendas to this thought.”—Jazmin Garcia

Throughout Flor de Jamaica’s imagery, two female characters recur. Depicting brown women as protagonists in resistance to beauty standards is crucial to Garcia. Thus the images in this title invite us into narratives about empowered women as they lead their own lives.

The book's key influences include Casa de Lava by revered Portuguese auteur Pedro Costa. And Flor de Jamaica with its scripted pages is similarly an open-ended time capsule of Garcia as a filmmaker.

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Published 19.01.26 by Somesuch Editions

Distributed by Public Knowledge Books

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The book was designed by Symrin Chawla, an acclaimed art director and graphic designer. And printed & bound in the UK by Taylor Brothers.

ISBN: 978-1-9997892-9-9 | 68pp (4pp Cover & 64pp text)

Singer Sewn & Presented in a bespoke maroon sleeve with foil stamp

44pp Litho-printed on G.F. Max Matt & 20pp printed digitally on Transclear