Messages

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A photography collection

Messages brings together images in which written or graphical elements take center stage. Sometimes the message is explicit; sometimes it's just a hint, a fragment, or an ambiguous sign. And sometimes, it may not have been intended as a message at all — yet, to me, it still seems to communicate something.

Words and symbols can acquire new meanings through their surroundings. A message may be altered by the decay of the surface on which it was written, partially obscured by time, or transformed by its juxtaposition with other elements. What was once clear may become ambiguous, while something seemingly random can suddenly suggest a meaning.

Whether intentional or accidental, meaningful or purely aesthetic, these elements catch my attention because I feel there's something to be read in them. Not necessarily a message with a single interpretation, but an invitation to look, associate, and imagine.

The photographs were taken between 2018 and 2021, using mobile phones and other digital cameras.