One day, walking along the main street of my town I saw in the window of a florist a vase with some flowers that seemed to be made of crepe paper . Entered the shop and asked if they were real or fake flowers , the clerk told me that they were just almost withered poppies . Then I asked to buy some of those flowers and she , a little surprised , asked me if I was sure I wanted faded flowers instead of fresh flowers . << Of course I want those flowers ! If they were not so faded maybe I would not have bought them. >> They will also be flowers at the end of their lives , but they still have a lot "to say" for a photographer .