In my own Ink: The Intimate Power of Words

In my own ink: The Intimate Power of Words consists of a series of 12 photographs that depict the inner journey of a female character, from her childhood to her elderly years. In this work I visit themes of female vulnerability, social expectations, suffering, and eventually, healing. I am interested in how people can access their deepest emotions, revealing something ambiguous, dark, and auspicious at the same time. I am compelled by moments where individuals are on an emotional edge, and how they transit their emotions to rise stronger. These images explore how words can be powerful tools to reach deep within oneself, both through emotional writing and through encountered words.

These photographs are an intimate collection of moments that tell a story about human fragility and the search for inner peace and belonging. A journey of self-discovery that inevitably needs to embrace suffering as an indivisible part of life; a call to put into words what the deepest emotions conceal and let the inherent power of the process lead to growth.