Samples from a series of works “Fading”, and evanescence of human identity.
Printed on Canson Baryta Prestige 340g/m2.
“Fading” is an ambitious and conceptually rigorous body of work that interrogates the impermanence of the human condition through a poetic manipulation of light, time, and motion. These long-exposure photographs dissolve the boundaries of the human form, rendering it as a site of flux—where presence contends with absence, and identity is refracted into vulnerable abstraction. The series challenges the traditional portrayal of the body as a fixed, coherent entity, instead presenting it as a fragile intersection of light and shadow, permanence and transience.
Through the use of extended shutter speeds and the deliberate choreography of light, the photographic process becomes a performance of becoming and unbecoming. The flashlight—employed as both scalpel and brush—reveals the figure while simultaneously obscuring it, producing images that evoke the aesthetic language of X-rays while transcending their clinical associations. These are not depictions of anatomy, but meditations on the fragility of existence, the erosion of memory, and the instability of selfhood.
Thematically, “Fading” addresses profound questions at the heart of contemporary discourse: What does it mean to exist in a state of constant dissolution? How does the tension between materiality and impermanence shape our understanding of identity? These images reject the notion of the self as a static construct, instead embracing the idea of the human as an ever-evolving process, perpetually shaped by the passage of time and the interplay of external forces. Each image becomes an existential statement, a visual articulation of what it means to inhabit a body that is both a vessel of life and a shadow of its inevitable mortality.
From a curatorial perspective, “Fading” situates itself within the broader context of contemporary art that challenges traditional frameworks of representation and engages with themes of ephemerality, identity, and transformation. The work is deeply aligned with the conceptual practices of artists who explore the intersections of photography, performance, and the metaphysical. It resonates with discourses around the human body as a site of deconstruction and reinvention, offering new perspectives on the fluidity of form and the impermanence of existence. A animated immersive version is in production.
For galleries, institutions, and collaborators, “Fading” offers a rich, multidimensional engagement with themes that are at once universal and deeply personal.