LUX: The Permanence of Light in The Absence of The Camera
SEE GALLERY
The works in LUX are made without a camera, using only light, color, and photosensitive paper. Each piece is created entirely by hand in the darkroom through a slow, intentional process that often feels more like a meditation than image-making. At times, while working in a pitch-black room, I lose track of whether my eyes are even open or closed, but what matters is the act of bringing something unseen into existence.
In a world overwhelmed by digital images that are shared, copied, and consumed in an instant, I turn to analog materials to create physical, one-of-a-kind objects. These pieces aren’t about capturing what we already see, but about exploring what light alone can reveal. They resist easy reproduction and instead ask the viewer to slow down, to notice the shifts in tone, form, and presence that emerge through the interaction of light, paper and chemicals.
With LUX, I want to strip photography down to its essence. By removing the camera and any recognizable subject, the work becomes an open space for reflection inviting the viewer into a more personal and perceptual experience of light, color, and time.
In a world overwhelmed by digital images that are shared, copied, and consumed in an instant, I turn to analog materials to create physical, one-of-a-kind objects. These pieces aren’t about capturing what we already see, but about exploring what light alone can reveal. They resist easy reproduction and instead ask the viewer to slow down, to notice the shifts in tone, form, and presence that emerge through the interaction of light, paper and chemicals.
With LUX, I want to strip photography down to its essence. By removing the camera and any recognizable subject, the work becomes an open space for reflection inviting the viewer into a more personal and perceptual experience of light, color, and time.