September-December 2021

The ghostly quality of my pictures persists throughout the series of work I created. They are a phantasmagoria of images that look blurry, momentous, light, weightless, mysterious, obstructed, and abstracted. Instead of focusing on getting the crisp, clear images, I try to push for the graininess in the film and edit the colors to look vivid and saturated.I believe process is inseparable from intention. I develop, scan, and edit my photos, the skilled craftsmanship of process is not the priority in my work. Instead, it is not the index of what I see, it is more of a dreamspace. The performative collaboration with the models is the most important aspect of my photography. The series of images I created came to life in a white studio space, my living room and bathroom. I used a 6x6 medium format, twin lens Yashica camera. In most of my pictures, friends and acquaintances wear white and vintage clothing. For example, one image reflects a blurred figure spinning in a red dress that belonged to my great grandmother. Behind the figure is a lace tablecloth made by my Greek grandmother. It was something I repeatedly used throughout the shoots as a “prop.” Throughout this process, the resulting images become a healing mechanism for both me and the subjects. Much of the aesthetic of my photography is the responsibility of the gaze. During the shoot, I respond to the environment I was in when collaborating with the people I photograph. I want to photograph them beautifully and at the same time diminish details of their identity to capture their essence.