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FARAWAY STREETS

Wandering the streets randomly, I’ve been on a constant quest to chase moments, stories and other details in people and their environments. I have always been intrigued by our behavior, our ways and habits that we oftentimes take for granted. My main interest has been capturing the human condition and revealing it through my lens. I often think that an artist should have some sort of responsibility towards his/her society – especially in our part of the world where we live a form of denial towards certain things occuring around us. Whether it is distressing or amusing situations, I feel the need to capture the effect of time on people. And with time comes stories and eventually questions to ask… After a long time looking at details and trying to capture them (because I believed they were special), I suddenly felt inspired to do the exact opposite and erase whatever I believed was special. Or approach it by not having a clear starting point and still challenge myself to capture a scene. And it turns out there’s more to us than I thought. Through this process, I’ve realized that by erasing the identity of people, places and moments, we’re able to focus on what is very basic to humankind: The Human Form. Our eyes are able to translate the blurred forms and try to decipher meaning out of them in our own ways. The photographs end up conveying memories, emotions of solitude or nostalgia – or giving off an alienating feeling that we are all alike, walking towards the same direction, without any purpose whatsoever…

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