My period is a reminder that my body is working as it should. It's irritating, and most of the time I wish it was something I didn't have to deal with, but in the end it's just a way of my body getting rid of what it doesn't need and starting afresh. When I was asked to shoot a photograph interpreting menstruation, what came into my head was that idea – of my body ridding of stuff and what that stuff is. The phrase "fruit of the womb" rang in my head, and I'm not sure why or where I'd heard it before, but I wanted to take that phrase quite literally and use fruits in the photo. "Fruit of the womb" I think works because essentially our periods are the fruit of our wombs – of course a baby is a more logical example – it's what grows inside of us and what our body produces. I know so many people who are disgusted by periods and the idea of them, so I wanted to create an image that was typically visually pleasing but still represents what a period means to me.