My documentary photography explores how innocence manifests in everyday life across global cultures and realities, from the freedoms of youth to the quiet authenticity of our later years. This core theme originates in personal childhood struggles only fully understood in adult life. Discovering and revisiting my own past naturally drew creative instincts toward documenting loss and preservation of innocence in its many forms.
Creatively born as a filmmaker, my photographic vision is shaped by the worlds of directors who formed my imagination, including Werner Herzog’s raw realities and Terrence Malick’s ethereal dimensions, where soul-searching becomes a way of life. My frames are intentionally composed, with space and setting acting as emotional amplifiers and narrative forces. Stark colours and contrasts keep scenes true to real-life emotion.
Contemporary times are hostile to innocence. Everyday pursuit of status, need for validation, and infinite distortions of digital mirroring push people toward constructed identities over their fundamental essence. To me, innocence is not naivety but truth: a timeless reminder of who we are beneath performance and dissimulation, rooted in both personal and collective memory. My photography aims to collect and protect rare glimpses of pure openness where original nature still prevails, as a reminder of the glimmering thread that defines humankind through universally shared emotion.
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