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My project 'Memory Self-Portrait' is kind of a diary, a record of very specific time, which, for many reasons, wasn’t very happy for me. At the same time, that period of my life was truly transforming, a real turning point. As an intimate atmosphere was very crucial to convey the pain and sadness of those moments, I photographed myself and my very close female friends. That enabled me to get to the point where there was no shame and no will to hide true feelings. Even though the photographs reflect what happened in my life, they are very universal and many women from different cultures can see in those images their personal stories. That is what truly fascinates me, the universal qualities and events which can, and do happen to all women in the world, something we all share.
Let's Face It 8 - Portraiture 2011.
I am zero is about existential insecurity and the need for recognition. In these self portraits I pose as the heroines I loved in my childhood: Catherine Deneurve, Jean Shrimpton, Julie Christie, Elizabeth Taylor, Grace Kelly and Isabella Rosselini. As a twelve year old, I didn’t want to be like these people; I wanted to be them and to fuse with their magic. This behaviour is not unusual and that makes it interesting. Is it a phase we pass through or does the desire to morph into someone else stay with us? Ultimately, the more guises we hide behind, the more we lose the gravity which holds the self together.
I am zero is about existential insecurity and the need for recognition. In these self portraits I pose as the heroines I loved in my childhood: Catherine Deneurve, Jean Shrimpton, Julie Christie, Elizabeth Taylor, Grace Kelly and Isabella Rosselini. As a twelve year old, I didn’t want to be like these people; I wanted to be them and to fuse with their magic. This behaviour is not unusual and that makes it interesting. Is it a phase we pass through or does the desire to morph into someone else stay with us? Ultimately, the more guises we hide behind, the more we lose the gravity which holds the self together.
I am zero is about existential insecurity and the need for recognition. In these self portraits I pose as the heroines I loved in my childhood: Catherine Deneurve, Jean Shrimpton, Julie Christie, Elizabeth Taylor, Grace Kelly and Isabella Rosselini. As a twelve year old, I didn’t want to be like these people; I wanted to be them and to fuse with their magic. This behaviour is not unusual and that makes it interesting. Is it a phase we pass through or does the desire to morph into someone else stay with us? Ultimately, the more guises we hide behind, the more we lose the gravity which holds the self together.
I am zero is about existential insecurity and the need for recognition. In these self portraits I pose as the heroines I loved in my childhood: Catherine Deneurve, Jean Shrimpton, Julie Christie, Elizabeth Taylor, Grace Kelly and Isabella Rosselini. As a twelve year old, I didn’t want to be like these people; I wanted to be them and to fuse with their magic. This behaviour is not unusual and that makes it interesting. Is it a phase we pass through or does the desire to morph into someone else stay with us? Ultimately, the more guises we hide behind, the more we lose the gravity which holds the self together.
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My project 'Memory Self-Portrait' is kind of a diary, a record of very specific time, which, for many reasons, wasn’t very happy for me. At the same time, that period of my life was truly transforming, a real turning point. As an intimate atmosphere was very crucial to convey the pain and sadness of those moments, I photographed myself and my very close female friends. That enabled me to get to the point where there was no shame and no will to hide true feelings. Even though the photographs reflect what happened in my life, they are very universal and many women from different cultures can see in those images their personal stories. That is what truly fascinates me, the universal qualities and events which can, and do happen to all women in the world, something we all share.

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My project 'Memory Self-Portrait' is kind of a diary, a record of very specific time, which, for many reasons, wasn’t very happy for me. At the same time, that period of my life was truly transforming, a real turning point. As an intimate atmosphere was very crucial to convey the pain and sadness of those moments, I photographed myself and my very close female friends. That enabled me to get to the point where there was no shame and no will to hide true feelings. Even though the photographs reflect what happened in my life, they are very universal and many women from different cultures can see in those images their personal stories. That is what truly fascinates me, the universal qualities and events which can, and do happen to all women in the world, something we all share.