About
"Working at the intersection of material inquiry and close observation, I explore how fragile forms hold traces of presence, time, and transformation"
I am a Swiss-British visual artist, born in Geneva and working between Switzerland and London. My practice centres on analogue photography, with occasional recourse to digital processes when conceptually required.
Drawn to the material depth and unpredictability of film, I explore its capacity to hold both presence and erosion, while maintaining a commitment to formal restraint and a measured sense of beauty.
Photography has accompanied me across diverse terrains, including time spent in conflict zones, where it became a way of holding moments of stillness within conditions of instability. This approach draws on my work as a protection delegate in such settings, where attention, listening, and proximity became essential ways of navigating the world.
Grounded in a background in humanitarian anthropology, my work unfolds through sustained observation and a material sensitivity to environment. Working often outdoors, in direct dialogue with natural elements as well as in more intimate human settings, I seek out the details and gestures that quietly define my way of seeing.
In my practice, I work with fragile elements—fallen wings, fading blooms, charred wood, and damaged mercury mirrors—creating ephemeral environments while responding to found scenes. These materials are approached as quiet evidence of the living world.
The resulting images hover between dreamscape and document: fleeting tableaux shaped by light, grain, and restrained symbolism, held within the memory of film. I work slowly and intuitively, embracing unpredictability—film damage, light leaks, expired stock, and unorthodox lenses—as part of my visual language. Breaking down and combining materials to bring forth their natural patina and grace feels almost alchemical, imbuing each work with uncertainty and singularity. While my practice centres on analogue photography, I also work digitally when the project calls for it.
There is little artifice and rarely any retouching. My pursuit is not perfection, but the raw beauty, materiality, elegance, and stillness found in imperfection. The work moves fluidly between abstraction and figuration, offering a contemporary interpretation of the still-life tradition, where time, material, and memory intersect.
Increasingly sculptural in approach, I explore paper, textile, and resin, all rooted in image-making. I have also developed a standalone sculptural object, accompanied by a related series of images, extending the work into the three-dimensional realm, where photography exists simultaneously as image and object. Each piece is unique, contributing to the singular character of the series.