49'' Self-portrait Photograph - Limited Edition of 31

The project challenges photography beyond its conventional applications and equipment limitations by aiming to work with extended exposures lasting up to 60 minutes. This approach captures the portraits that straddle the boundary between photography and abstract painting. The project explores the boundaries of photography as a visual practice and examines it from a philosophical perspective. Moreover, in this research, time isn't merely a shutter speed; it assumes the role of an active participant and an equal creator. The question arises: who leads the process if anyone does? Both entities are present within the images. The movements, or in other words, the blurred areas, serve as fragments of evidence of time's presence. While short exposures only expose the artist, longer exposures result in increasingly blurred segments related to movement. Logically speaking, there will come a point where no distinct areas of the body remain sharply defined. Consequently, time takes the forefront, shifting the artist into more of an abstract form.