WHY I PHOTOGRAPH SOLITUDE

SOLITUDE IS THE SILENT THREAD WEAVING THROUGH OUR LIVES — A SPACE WHERE WE CONFRONT OURSELVES AND UNCOVER DEEPER TRUTHS. FOR ME, PHOTOGRAPHING SOLITUDE IS ABOUT CAPTURING THESE MOMENTS OF INTROSPECTION AND REVEALING THEIR QUIET BEAUTY. BLACK AND WHITE IMAGERY ALLOWS ME TO STRIP AWAY DISTRACTIONS, FOCUSING ON THE ESSENC OF THE SCENE — THE INTERPLAY OF LIGHT AND SHADOW, THE TEXTURES OF THE WORLD, AND THE EMOTIONS ETCHED INTO FLEETING MOMENTS.

MY WORK IS DEEPLY INFLUENCED BY THE EXISTENTIAL DEPTH OF ALBERT CAMUS, THE LAYERED NARRATIVES OF PAUL AUSTER AND PATRICK MODIANO, AND THE HAUNTING MELODIES OF MAX RICHTER, RADIOHEAD, AND JAMES BLAKE. EACH OFFERS A UNIQUE LENS THROUGH WHICH I TRY TO EXPLORE THE TENSION BETWEEN CONNECTION AND ISOLATION.

LIKE THE FILMS OF PAWLIKOWSKI AND WENDERS, I AM DRAWN TO FLEETING, TRANSIENT MOMENTS THAT FEEL SUSPENDED IN TIME. THE TIMELESS STILLNESS OF CASPAR DAVID FRIEDRICH’S LANDSCAPES SHAPES MY APPROACH TO COMPOSITION, WHERE SOLITUDE IS NOT LONELINESS BUT AN INVITATION TO REFLECT ON THE PASSAGE OF TIME. THROUGH MY PHOTOGRAPHY, I SEEK TO HONOR THESE MOMENTS, REVEALING THE POETRY AND HUMANITY HIDDEN WITHIN THEM.