subject of oneself

2020

“Feeling and transforming it into a state of flow. Who am I in this present moment? Where do I direct the overflowing energy inside me? What does this energy turn into? What does it say? I openly take myself apart, place the parts into the frame, capture them. There is some frustration in that. It has a constant story of self-searching that has driven me to create. Who am I in this moment? Who am I in the next? And tomorrow? The day after tomorrow?”

Created during the isolation of lockdown, subject of oneself marks a pivotal moment in my practice — a process of disentangling the artist from the subject. Through self-portraiture, I began to observe myself with the detached curiosity of a bystander, using photography as a mirror to navigate and articulate complex emotional states.

The works embody an ongoing dialogue between introspection and observation, presence and documentation. Often, the understanding of what I was experiencing arrived only after the image was made, revealing photography as both a tool of self-analysis and transformation. This series became a turning point: a study of identity through the act of seeing oneself, again and again, from both within and without.