Introduction
'The Illuminated Body' grew out of my initial fascination with the way that scars and other imperfections on the skin act as souvenirs, portals to the past imprinted on the body of the present. Exploring the intersection and interplay of touch and sight, 'The Illuminated Body' is a series of embossed, monochromatic self-portraits that reveal both visible and invisible illnesses and injuries as seen on the skin, while focusing on the fragility and resilience of the human envelope.
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An attempt to navigate the landscape of the human body in relationship to the vastness of the night sky, 'Heavenly Bodies' maps the visible to the invisible. These photo collages speak a secret language of symbols and connect the intimate to both the archetypal and the elemental. Unveiling the relations between the organic and the diagrammatic, 'Heavenly Bodies' is a place where corporeal imperfections including freckles, scars and wrinkles, hint at a luminescent and transcendent beauty underneath the skin.
