shelter

"Shelter" is the deep dive into my true self that occupied the centre of my work over the last few years. It is both very personal and yet universal. It will take you through the long journey across my change in search for belonging: passing through the despair of depression, the birth of a newer self and the exchanges with the outer world, while seeking closeness and, ultimately, love. Rejecting who I was supposed to be according to others’ expectations and focusing on what I felt I was really meant to be instead, I have managed to find myself a secure refuge where I can finally be complete, safe and balanced. Photography has allowed me to show the noises in my head, to picture the different emotions and to voice the loneliness, the alienation and all of my fears and cravings. Throughout this quest I have experienced new emotional shades and found a truer bond between my inner self and the others, dissolving the darkness and letting it fade into a memory from the past.