In a world focused on transparency, efficiency, and sameness, the foreign is erased – not through violence, but through unconcern.
Interactions become just exchanges, predictable, functional, and shallow.
The foreign, however, disrupts, slows us down, and makes us uncomfortable – and that’s where its truth lies. Only by resisting what is easy and familiar does the Other truly become visible.
People visiting me in my studio over the years 24 and 25, where I took their portrait during a raw and honest encounter. - Editon of 200