artist Statement
At the core of my practice lies a belief that art is as much about presence as it is about preservation. I reject the binary of analog nostalgia and digital futurism; the best images are often the ones left untaken — those that live not in a frame, but in memory, in sensation, in the unspoken. These moments shape my practice as deeply as any exhibited work.
It’s this interplay of presence and absence that drives me: imagecraft’s power lies not in freezing time, but in magnifying life’s continuum. To document is to offer a portal, not a preservation — an invitation to perceive the world as an open question rather than an answer. I chase the untranslatable: the texture of a moment that lingers beyond pixels, the imperfection that becomes a work’s fingerprint.
My lens gravitates toward the lives of the unconventional individuals who exist beyond the boundaries of societal norms and constraints. Through projects like “Subterranean Souls: Portraits of London's Queer Underground” and “The Real Generation”, I celebrate their authenticity, resilience, and unapologetic self-expression. I see myself as an observer, rather than an advocate. The subjects in my work already speak for themselves — I simply document, reinterpret, and refract their truths.
I’m also drawn to the raw, real, and underexposed side of metropolitan cities, approaching urban narratives as forensic poetry. In “Homeless Republic” and “Paradise Divided”, I aim to expose the tension between surface glamour and systemic fragility.
My work seeks to capture not just what is seen, but what is felt — the untold, the fleeting, and the intimate. Sometimes, these moments are profound, but often, they are quiet and simple — an abandoned piano in the wilderness, flowers blooming amidst garbage dumps, or a lazy orange cat seeking attention in the afternoon sun. These small moments naturally find their place in my visual diary.
Visual expression for me is never confined within a single medium. I view new technologies not as a threat but as a catalyst for human creativity. Artificial Intelligence, generative visuals, and digital manipulation challenge me to innovate, harness their potential, and evolve alongside them. My Video Art project, “The Creative Machine”, for example, investigates the ever-shifting relationship between human vision and machine perception.
Across mediums, I aim to dissolve hierarchies — between observer and observed, the individual and the collective, art and artefact, tradition and the future. By embracing both raw realism and abstract re-imagination, I position my practice at the crossroads of fine art, technology, and contemporary culture, revealing how creativity thrives in the margins where control ends and wonder begins.