The Beautiful Flower is the World

“Revelling in the coincidental and instances of human silliness, Hsu holds a hand-held lens up to society and translates the amusing banality that accompanies the sublime of the everyday.”  - Hero Magazine, 2019

"The Beautiful Flower Is the World is truly a book of its time. The birth of camera phones, and then phones with relatively decent cameras, enabled Hsu to take quick snapshots anywhere, effortlessly." - Photoeye, 2019

"Jerry Hsu’s latest photo book, The Beautiful Flower Is the World is weirdly and wonderfully human. The pro skater and photographer creates a compelling collection of art from photos shot entirely on mobile phones. The candid photos come from Hsu’s blog Nazi Gold, which was created back in 2009. The book is a visual journey into the unexpected, where elements of tragedy collide with the comical. He manages to find beauty and intrigue in what many of us would overlook as mundane and helps us see life’s absurdities.” - Acclaim, 2019