ARTIST STATEMENT

My work lives at the intersection of light and shadow—the space between what we show and what we protect. Through photography, I explore emotional duality: the tension between visibility and vulnerability, control and surrender, self-perception and truth.

I used to think of presentation as armor—the ways we amplify or mute ourselves through expression, style, or tone. But over time, I’ve come to see those layers differently. They’re not disguises; they’re languages of survival. Each one distorts and defends, but also reveals something essential about how we navigate being seen.

Light and shadow are the emotional architecture of my work. The shadow isn’t the villain—it’s the container. It holds memory, density, the parts of us that ache to be acknowledged. The light is motion—restless, searching, a symbol of release. In their conversation, I find truth: how illumination always begins in darkness, and how clarity requires contrast.

My self-portraits are where these ideas meet. They’ve given me a way to see myself more clearly, to witness the space between who I am and who I could be. The more I create, the more I realize that honesty isn’t simple—it’s layered, uneasy, alive. What I’m trying to capture isn’t just the image of a self, but the moment that self shifts—the instant before the mask falls, or forms again.