Solitude (2013 - 2018)
““Let my solitude not destroy me. Let my “Do not let my solitude destroy me. Let my solitude keep me company. Give me the courage to face myself. Let me know how to be left with nothing and feel nonetheless as if I were filled with everything."(1).
(1) LISPECTOR, Clarice (Brazilian writer). A breath of life, p. 152. Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, 1999.
Today, everything is revealed and shared. The private sphere has become a stage for spectacle on social media, while we are watched by technologies that make intimacy almost impossible. Silence and privacy have become rare.
Solitude is a photographic series that intertwines elements of nature, such as organic textures, with self-portraits, in a search for distance and stillness. The work evokes a state of voluntary isolation as an alternative way to reconnect with silence and nature. The gestures and postures captured in the images reflect the restlessness and uncertainties that permeate this search.
Technique: digital photography, variable dimensions.
Today, everything is revealed and shared. The private sphere has become a stage for spectacle on social media, while we are watched by technologies that make intimacy almost impossible. Silence and privacy have become rare. Solitude is a photographic series that intertwines elements of nature, such as organic textures, with self-portraits, in a search for distance and stillness. The work evokes a state of voluntary isolation as an alternative for reconnecting with silence and with nature. The gestures and postures captured in the images allude to the restlessness and uncertainties that permeate this pursuit.
Medium: digital photography, varying dimensions.
“(…) “Do not let my solitude destroy me. Let my solitude keep me company. Give me the courage to face myself. Let me know how to be left with nothing and feel nonetheless as if I were filled with everything.” (Clarice Lispector).