Where am I from?Where am I from?
This question stems from my reflections on our existence on Earth. Why are we here? How did we arrive? During the pandemic, I felt compelled to explore this profound question, one that we all contemplate at some point in our lives. Lacking professional equipment like a photographic enlarger and a red safelight, I had to rely solely on negatives and photographic paper. However, that wasn’t enough to realize my vision, so I improvised and built my own enlarger using pizza boxes. The images are printed on Ilford Multigrade FB Classic Matte paper, employing basic darkroom techniques such as dodging and burning. Some of the forms and figures were created using kitchen foil and printed as contact images. Intriguing textures emerged from scraps of emulsified fabric that I placed in the negative carrier, while other images were printed from 6x6 and 3x4.5 negatives. |