double portrait (after all, you just love the world)
in the raw wind of the new world
there is a light that never goes out
elephant
comes and goes
painfully beautiful, time
wish i will always be there
bio
cv
in the raw wind of the new world
there is a light that never goes out
elephant
comes and goes
painfully beautiful, time
wish i will always be there
bio
cv
Elephant
Inkjet prints on matte paper
2024
8cm x 5.66cm x 24
In the passage of a second, does everything that exists within that moment also slip away? Elephant explores intimacy through the cinematic language of time. In cinema, a second is divided into 24 frames, each carrying fragments of motion and emotion. By translating this structure into photography, the project presents 24 still images to represent a single second — a microscopic study of intimacy, moment by moment.
Within the span of a second, what transpires? At its centre is the fragile gesture of a couple’s embrace. When examined second by second, what surfaces are the gaps, slips, and unseen details that often escape perception. Just as we can never fully know the inner world of another person, there are always moments within intimacy that remain elusive — gestures missed, thoughts unspoken, emotions only partially grasped.
To amplify this sense of exposure, I process the images in colours reminiscent of X-rays. This visual language echoes the act of examination, as if intimacy itself were being scanned beneath the surface. Yet, like X-rays, the images reveal and conceal at once — they expose form while withholding texture and warmth.
In doing so, Elephant reflects on intimacy as both fragile and profound: a space where closeness and distance coexist, and where time itself complicates what it means to understand another. And like the elephant in the room, intimacy carries what is felt but never fully articulated — a silent presence that lingers in every frame.
Inkjet prints on matte paper
2024
8cm x 5.66cm x 24
In the passage of a second, does everything that exists within that moment also slip away? Elephant explores intimacy through the cinematic language of time. In cinema, a second is divided into 24 frames, each carrying fragments of motion and emotion. By translating this structure into photography, the project presents 24 still images to represent a single second — a microscopic study of intimacy, moment by moment.
Within the span of a second, what transpires? At its centre is the fragile gesture of a couple’s embrace. When examined second by second, what surfaces are the gaps, slips, and unseen details that often escape perception. Just as we can never fully know the inner world of another person, there are always moments within intimacy that remain elusive — gestures missed, thoughts unspoken, emotions only partially grasped.
To amplify this sense of exposure, I process the images in colours reminiscent of X-rays. This visual language echoes the act of examination, as if intimacy itself were being scanned beneath the surface. Yet, like X-rays, the images reveal and conceal at once — they expose form while withholding texture and warmth.
In doing so, Elephant reflects on intimacy as both fragile and profound: a space where closeness and distance coexist, and where time itself complicates what it means to understand another. And like the elephant in the room, intimacy carries what is felt but never fully articulated — a silent presence that lingers in every frame.
