“The world itself dreams, and we help give it a voice.”
I Wanted to Call But Nobody Answered
I Wanted to Call but Nobody Answered is a large selection of black and white photographs similar to a journal. The series tells stories of change, chance and regret and underlines the importance of facing all worldly things, with even consideration, and lend them the value of remembrance. The photos are aligned into a subjective timeline, interrupted by anecdotes representing the passing of time. These texts fragment the images so as to create a rhythm that changes over the course of the series.
Artists’ statement
Photography is both receptive and creative: one has to listen before participating - repose before action. What speaks to the soul is what inexplicably feels essential and timeless. My interest in any particular instance is unpredictable and I don’t want to intrude on the subjects I point my camera at. Henri-Cartier Bresson mentioned that “in order to observe one has to be unknown”. Anonymity has always felt like a safe space and I’d argue that it is primordial to maintain a degree of invisibility as a photographer in order to erase oneself to give space to the subject. Certain tools inevitably facilitate such an approach. In my case, I prioritise long lenses and fast speed black and white film to compensate. Focus and insistence, mixed with a large portion of intuition will - more often than not - reflect the sensibilities that arise from of any given situation. In some ways, this collection is a daydream that is awake, throughout which one has to remain attentive and pay the kind of attention that invites us to face the world with the assumption that everything can be immemorable.
exhibited at Songshan Lake Biennale (Songshan, China), 30/09/25 - 30/01/26
