Visual arts
“The relationship between what we see and what we know is never clear. Every evening we see the sun setting. We know that the Earth is moving away from it. However, knowledge, explanation, never quite fit with vision.”
-John Berger
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The return of the rain
The things closest to the heart are the most powerful, and that translates into any work. Curiosity must always be the compass of the creative process. I learned to pause, to be more present, to observe, to move against the vertigo of digital consumption.
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The awakening of a woman
I understood that natural processes can’t be forced, that for the flower, or the idea, to bloom, you have to nourish yourself and wait. It’s not always spring, and likewise it’s not always winter. Each cycle has its own nature.
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Ready for the first act
In these images I see myself as a doll that I control and that performs: a doll I care for but also mistreat. I study the duality between infantilization and objectification, between feeling “not enough” and the urge to please the outside world.
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A home of many rooms
I am trying to be a little kinder to myself in my criticisms of my work. As I primarily shoot film, some of my earliest works reflect the learning curve that comes with film as a medium. In revisiting my images, I am trying to hold more grace for the process, gratitude for all that I have learned, and to be a little gentler in my critiques!
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Personal diary
Analog photography teaches me to be present. There’s something magical about doing a session where the outcome doesn’t interfere with the process. It allows both me and the person in front of me to forget about what the result will be and focus on the now.
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Emotional error
I don't want to rely too much on rational thinking to find the "right answers" in photography. Instead, I need to perceive colors and sunlight with my own eyes, especially through film, which feels far more sensitive to all of this than digital.
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Quiet and harmless living
The film side forces me to slow down my workflow approach and to take more meaningful shots. The video side is something I've been leaning into a lot. I wanted to show off how cinematic my hometown is. I love to showcase the stillness and beauty in Newcastle.
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Starting again
It was a year of sharing life in a more intimate, slower, and quieter way, with mostly close and meaningful interactions. Lately, my photographs have been connected to that experience, to what has been close to me and what has surrounded me during this time.
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I’m ready for what’s next
I believe the most valuable thing I’ve learned during this process is that photography goes far beyond the moment of pressing the shutter. We make photographs with what we know, what we feel, and what we aim to express. Behind every image there is a series of meanings and stories.
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I love you so much, dad
This project was not born when I started photographing him, but when, in 2023, crying while we were alone in the car, I told him: “Dad, I'm not happy”. He replied, “Then what are you doing here? Never mind this, leave everything and pursue what makes you happy; that's the only thing that matters”.
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On the road
I love the unknown of shooting on film. My light meter broke in remote Mongolia, so I had to guess my way through all the exposures. It made my favourite photos even more special, knowing I managed to capture those moments by sheer luck.
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Look further
I’m learning that there’s no perfect timing. Sometimes you just have to do it, put it out there, and not wait for the “exact” moment, because there is no such thing. You grow and learn when your mind is free from the obstacles we invent for ourselves. You just have to keep doing it.
