Between Shadows and mirrors

Between Shadows and Mirrors is a photographic project about visibility and invisibility, rooted in a sense of existential lack. It originates from an inner tension that permeates both my daily life and artistic practice: the desire to be seen and known, set against the urge to disappear. For me, this tension extends beyond the personal and touches upon a fundamental human experience: the constant movement between appearing and vanishing, between stepping into the light and remaining in the shadows.

This duality arises from the feeling that existence itself is insufficient; that something is always missing at its core, and that I inevitably fall short. Shame, guilt, and discomfort are tangible manifestations of this condition. Invisibility, for me, functions as a safe refuge.

In this project, I visualize this tension primarily through self-portraits, complemented by representations of an inner landscape. I position myself in the liminal space between presence and absence, between confrontation and withdrawal. At times, the body appears explicitly; at others, only as a reflection or trace. Light and darkness play a central role, simultaneously revealing and concealing, while lending the images an uncanny, almost surreal quality.

Some of the images take on a physical form through their incorporation into objects. They leave the flat surface behind and occupy space, without ever fully relinquishing their elusiveness.

Between appearing and disappearing, the notion of a fixed, authentic self also becomes unstable. What becomes visible is never neutral; it emerges within the boundaries of what I am able and willing to reveal. At the same time, every image comes into being through the gaze of the other. What is seen shifts with the viewer. Between what I choose to show and what appears in the eye of the beholder, a space emerges that I cannot control.