This series became a reflection on visibility, intimacy, and the tension between exposure and control.
I began by photographing myself — five portraits, fragmented and reassembled by hand. These first works are collages where presence is fractured, veiled, and recomposed. With each piece, the figure becomes a little more visible — or so it seems. But clarity is always a negotiation.
In the second half of the series, I move into macro photography. I photographed my own skin, hair, and body parts, digitally transforming them into abstract, blue-toned surfaces. The body becomes texture. Identity dissolves into sensation.
As a queer migrant artist, I live between exposure and erasure. Closeness can mean connection — but it can also mean risk. With this work, I explore how proximity feels from the inside: sometimes I show more, sometimes I disappear. Both are forms of presence.
Tags
#Queer Self Portrait
#Visibility And Erasure
#Photographic Collage
#Body And Identity
#Abstraction
#Macro Photography
#Queer Presence
#Visual Fragmentation
#Migrant Artist
#Contemporary Portraiture
#Blue Tones
#Experimental Photography
#Vulnerability And Control
#Proximity And Perception
#Conceptual Self Representation