In this series, Naomi Hobson aims to counter negative stereotypes of Australian Indigenous men in the public domain by affirming their capacity for caring and beauty. Hobson has witnessed firsthand the harm that this stigmatising can cause, and worked with men from her Lockhart River and Coen communities to produce this series.

Significantly, many Christian evangelists introduced restricting gender roles to Indigenous communities through the ‘missionisation’ of First Nations peoples. Because of these imposed values, much of the cultural adornment practised by Kaantju and Umpila men ceased. By photographing her male subjects decorated with flowers, Hobson reinvigorates this aspect of her culture and enforces the nurturing compassion of Aboriginal men.