What We Leave Behind When We Look Away
“Silence has shape. And absence breathes”
The world is shaped by relationships, and many of the problems we face today arise from broken connections.
When the bonds between humans and power, humans and idols, or even between individuals and their own selves are damaged, confusion and alienation often follow.
For over ten years, I worked as a photographer focusing on the external beauty of people.
However, over time, I found myself drawn more deeply to the unseen, to the inner lives of individuals and the quiet relationships they hold with the world around them.
My practice gradually shifted from surface to depth and from aesthetics to presence.
During my Master’s studies, I explored the relationship between the human and the divine, as well as the emotional and spiritual traces embedded in aged architectural surfaces.
Through this work, I came to understand photography not only as a tool of representation but also as a language that allows us to perceive what is often invisible, such as memory, emotion, and atmosphere.
My current practice focuses on human and nonhuman entanglements.
I investigate how relationships with place, material, memory, plants and environmental forces shape our sense of being.
Rather than seeing photography as a means of control, I approach it as a space of exchange, a field where presence can be witnessed and relationships can be quietly restored.
This practice raises a simple but important question:
What are we connected to now?
And how might those connections be sensed again through attention, presence and image?