Project Statement
This series is inspired by the American photographer Saul Leiter and his intimate photography that were published recently in a book called In my Room. I choose to explore my version of this intimacy in my own room. In my pictures, I choose to highlight the « Outside » versus the « Inside »…
The outside, is overwhelmed with information, distractions, calling all our senses, and mental space, making it very hard to be focused and present to oneself or others. A room can be a place where you can slow down the time, let go of all the pressure, be by yourself. In my photography there is no trace of screens or digital technology. I want this moment to be out of time, out of the present at least. « Undressing » from the chaos of the outside world.
To represent this feeling, I photograph with my analog camera people in my room, lovers, friends, people I just met… I put some soft music, we drink a tea… I ask them to be in their thoughts as if I was not here. Spying them entering my own intimacy…
After printing the photos I thought something was missing, to go deeper in the subject of intimacy, of the « Inside ». I choose some sentences that I took directly from my diary that I am usually writing, when I am In my room.
This series is inspired by the American photographer Saul Leiter and his intimate photography that were published recently in a book called In my Room. I choose to explore my version of this intimacy in my own room. In my pictures, I choose to highlight the « Outside » versus the « Inside »…
The outside, is overwhelmed with information, distractions, calling all our senses, and mental space, making it very hard to be focused and present to oneself or others. A room can be a place where you can slow down the time, let go of all the pressure, be by yourself. In my photography there is no trace of screens or digital technology. I want this moment to be out of time, out of the present at least. « Undressing » from the chaos of the outside world.
To represent this feeling, I photograph with my analog camera people in my room, lovers, friends, people I just met… I put some soft music, we drink a tea… I ask them to be in their thoughts as if I was not here. Spying them entering my own intimacy…
After printing the photos I thought something was missing, to go deeper in the subject of intimacy, of the « Inside ». I choose some sentences that I took directly from my diary that I am usually writing, when I am In my room.
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