DIAGNOSE

Fine Art Prints , 50 x 70 cm , gerahmt
2007

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Can the intangible be represented photographically?

 

This is a work consisting of four self-portraits that describe the process of hair loss after chemotherapy.

 

This process is actually the first moment in which an abstract and incomprehensible illness takes on a physical form.

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Documenting this photographically is an attempt to transform it into something concrete and tangible.

The intensity achieved in the self-portraits was created by using a mirror, which served as a counterpart and offered me the opportunity for self-observation. This meant that my gaze was deliberately not directed at the viewer, but rather inward.

 

In this photographic work, I was interested to explore depicting emotional pain, loss, grief, and change.