It’s fascinating how perception shifts when the camera is always with you – or better yet, actually in your hand. It feels like a switch flips, changing the way you see the world. Suddenly you’re scanning your surroundings automatically for subjects.
What really intrigues me are the unremarkable things. Objects just sitting there, things you’d walk past without noticing – but to me, they have an almost installative quality. They look like contemporary art. Or maybe they don’t?
Sometimes I wonder if it’s art at all. And I’m sure some viewers would ask themselves the same question: Is this art? Or can it go in the trash?
But that’s exactly the point: These traces that humanity leaves behind are everywhere. They’re always there. And they tell stories – stories waiting to be discovered. Who left this here? Why? What’s the story behind this object?
That’s what draws me to photography. It’s more than just capturing a moment – it’s telling stories. And often, it’s precisely these unremarkable remnants of everyday life that have the most compelling stories to tell.
The world is full of hidden artworks. I’ve given myself the freedom to discover them with my camera. Who knows – maybe that’s the real difference: whether you see art in something or not. But in the end, it only matters that it means something to me. And that’s enough.
Photography is discovery. Photography is interpretation. And sometimes, photography is simply a way of telling stories that nobody else would have noticed.
