Influenced by the Japanese philosophy of Ma my new work again explores the potential for reduction to eliminate distractions. I surround the subject with negative space to reveal its true beauty. In this series, I take the photography to a more abstracted zone, where the key ingredient is a focus on the patterns in nature to fill the frame. Something like free-form poetry. No punctuation. No peripheral detail. In this way, the subject is pared down to its essence.
The goal was to capture the harmonies in nature: the push – pull that creates tension while facilitating peacefulness. To capture the inner experience, rather than the exterior, exposing the tranquility within. The square format makes it possible, paradoxically, to confine the chaos while shedding light on the natural tension created by the interaction of elements. Like a dense fog, these images can pull you into a vortex of calm, aligning with the synchronicities of nature without ignoring the complexities.
The result is the poetry of ambiguity. The essence we might miss when distracted by the extraneous.
(2024 - ongoing)