Epitome

For as long as I can remember, I’ve always tried to grasp at fleeting moments in time – be it in capturing a portrait of a friend, or photographing somebody I'd seen for the first time. It’s as if I thought that capturing these moments would somehow quell the initial impulse; it never did. I’m always looking for mysterious, mundane moments that speak to human nature. Those are what form my personal diary.

For me, photography is a process of discovery. Each shot leads to the next. I’m constantly looking for beauty, and for a presence when I shoot. Sometimes a miracle happens: you cross a certain membrane – and something suddenly opens up. I learnt that I need to bare my doubts and accept them, to be vulnerable and honest too. I often capture nudity in my work. Meanwhile, I always look for humanity. This is my soul constitution. I don’t think I could enter into the territory of objectification and vulgarity – even if I wanted to. However unconventional, I’ve never considered my work in terms of different series or projects. Instead, I see my images as similar currents of one big flow, their intermingled narratives evolving in different directions.

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