Alone (self-portrait, London 2004) Photograph - Limited Edition of 100

this work was shot in London in 2004 when I moved into my new house and the only things I had with me it was a bed, a few books a mirror and my analogue Nikon 35mm camera. I then started without even knowing my ongoing artistic research on self-portraits and the study of the persuasive power of the image and of the visual language. This self-portrait is a pivotal work that introduces all my other self-portraits and deals with the relationship with the body and with the image that continued through the years and developed and changed over time to become a statement on loneliness, sexuality and self-expression. At the time, I wasn't happy with my image, I struggled with being in my body and with the way I looked and the only time when I managed to overcome this uneasiness was when I used my camera to take a self-portrait. it helped me to transcend the struggle with my body and helped me to make connections with it and to make me feel that through art I was able to create something different that I like. the work is extremely poetic to me and I see the beauty of the time of being young, alone and brave