English
In my artistic work, I search for access to the inner world where fragility, resilience, and determination reside. I explore the balance between reality, fiction, storytelling, and emotions. I want to find comfort in creativity and the unspeakable experience by creating order from the chaos and the seemingly irrelevant. I stage my images, build props by hand, and use digital processing. The alternative reality happens in front of my lens through curiosity, preparation, and physical effort. I create multidimensional worlds where I aim to reveal our hidden strengths and wisdom.
As an adult, I went through a chain of events that transformed me significantly inside. That chain might never end, but the camera helps me to heal. Life is a continuous process where change is inevitable. As I overcame my battles, I understood how precious time is and why all events and encounters are unrepeatable. I use this as a source of inspiration. Life leaves a trace, but the lessons I learn help me understand my involvement more deeply. My images are mental remedies for personal challenges or visual notes related to the human experience in changing society and environment. My inspiration comes from observations that I rearrange with a new perspective. I look for small miracles in obscure places and ordinary moments. Our life is like an inexplicable, strange, yet whimsical dream. I search for layers, depth, and clarity. I explore that mysterious zone where reality and fiction collide. It is the source of my endless wonder.
Time is relentless, so I work on several projects simultaneously. I study the transformation of an individual, nature, and time. I use the cycle of nature to embrace change and permanence at once. The levels of time thus crystallize in my work, and I have to accept the flaws of the process. An old wisdom says that all the beauty around us is temporary and imperfect, and that’s where we should look. It gives me comfort, and it allows me to be in progress. I examine the relationship between the person and the environment in the context of the visual narrative. I wonder if we can change our behavior and mindset to save ourselves and our planet. I look at growth with compassion. I continuously search for the balance between fragility and strength. Personal work is my way to practice being open to the world and having faith even when our future looks dystopic. I wonder which is more critical: how things are or how we experience and feel them and their impact on us.
This conceptual portrait series of children explores the magic and joy of childhood, but also contemplates the complexity and seriousness of growing up in our society.
The staged photography project encourages us to look for beauty in discreet places. We might live in a dystopic time, yet there is value in every moment we exist.
When the old masters had to paint quickly, there is still something similar in photography. I have to rapidly catch flowering branches and moving animals and work on layers like painters.