Taja's Body (Death in the Bathtub) - Limited Edition 2/100 Photograph

If I could try to gather the main motive I pursuit in photography, then that motive would be Beauty. Beauty in all its manifestations, from the transient trace of melancholy in my friend's face to the rich light filtering through the trees.  Photography gave me a language that can most clearly and honestly express how I feel about the world, how I see it and what can I do / want / need to give back. At the same time, by stopping time which in the real world irreversibly passes, it seems to me that in that tiny fraction of a second, by holding breath and moving just one finger, I surpass transience, loss and death. If every photo is a self-portrait of the author, which I would like to believe is true, then I want  my photographs to be reflections of my amorousness towards life and mirrors in which the world can see its beauty. In the broadest sense, my work deals with people and places, with the intention of creating atmospheric, movie-like and enigmatic scenes. More recently the focus of my interest has been the human body. When we talk about the technical side of my photography, it should be noted that I use different cameras because it is interesting for me to observe all the ways in which the form (digital camera / analog camera, black and white / color, 35mm film / 120 mm film) affects the content. I equally appreciate spontaneity, reflection, and response in time (timely placing frames on a piece of the world) as well as and staging scenes, models and props (transferring a vision or a dream to the picture).