This is a selection of images from my photobook Lifted, self-published in September 2026. They were also exhibited in my solo exhibition One Gaze, One Touch in September 2026.
Something happens when I stand before a statue. After a while, I recognise a gesture, an expression, or an emotion. I see more than its material. I imagine a person coming back to life. A connection forms; a wordless conversation across time begins.
These photographs trace that process and then extend it. Each image passed through its own sequence of changes: a person was formed into sculpture; from sculpture came a photograph; from the digital photograph, a Polaroid; from the Polaroid, a lifted emulsion shaped onto paper. With each step, a little is lost, yet every time, something is carried through.
The lifted emulsion is not a reproduction of the statue. It is a new object that holds the memory of the original form, just as a statue holds the memory of a person. It is fragile, slightly unstable, and marked by touch. This is an encounter rather than documentation.
They are not about sculpture. They explore how human presence persists through successive transformations.
If you are interested about the Polaroid emulsion lift process, from digital to handmade, learn more here
