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A human being is part of a whole, called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest…a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affections for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. 

Albert Einstein

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The Return

Photo series, 2011
Medium format B&W film

I shot this series for my undergraduate thesis project. I can’t find the narrative I wrote back then, but clearly it’s about humans trying to return to a more natural state. A decade later, this work speaks to me louder than ever.




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