Artist’s statement
For me, a fundamental difference between painting and photography lies in their relationship to reality. Painting begins with creation and composition, while photography begins with something that exists before the camera. Photographs can also be staged or manipulated, yet the medium remains rooted in the desire to record the real. I am drawn to this connection and use photography to express what I believe.
In this work, I seek to photograph something enduring. I begin with breath. Breathing marks the beginning and end of an individual life, yet it continues across generations. I imagine breath as something passed from one life to another, constantly changing its form. Clouds embody this continuity: they emerge, transform and disappear, only to become part of another cycle.
I sense a life force in this movement, even when it lies beyond human understanding. Clouds invite me to recognize a form of existence that follows a different rhythm from my own. I see photography as a way of bringing us into relation with things we have not yet noticed or understood. By placing my camera between the clouds and myself, I try to make that encounter possible.
The pinhole camera is central to this exploration. Its long exposures allow time to accumulate within an image, revealing movement and duration differently from ordinary vision. Through this process, I hope to approach the changing lives of things more closely and open a space for communication with them.
