Currently, I am discovering still images extracted from short films I’ve made—yet I
view these stills not simply as frames, but standalone pieces that exist independently
from their video origins. Each one is a stopped motion, a frozen fragment, holding its
own visual and emotional gravity. Severed from linear time, these images reject the
explanatory framework of their source footage. They do not serve the video; instead,
they generate their own context, offering a space dense with suggestion, and
interpretive freedom.
This process is not about clarity or confession, but about exposure: of the cracks in
moral certainty, of the erotic, of death, of the trauma of being formed and reshaped as
a subject. Paradoxically, through this hypermediated format — photography from
video — the work gestures toward a body unmasked by performance, towards desire
without justification.
I also practice classical photography and ceramic sculpture.
Things I cannot continuously see are infinitely more powerful than what I can. I am
trying to capture what lies beyond conscious awareness, influenced by my
nightmares, daydreams, and the balance of the abnormal within the normal.
Something that hints at the possibility that what you see in front of you might just be
a dream, something slightly off in the context of everything else appearing
completely as it should, or so it seems.
Central to my work is the body and the world it inhabits. Every body, and even the
surrounding space, carries evidence of a life being lived. My images are deeply
personal, shaped by an intense dialogue with my inner self, memories of unconscious
experiences like vivid nightmares, and the fascinating minds of the people I
photograph.
Artists who have influenced my work include Blue Noses Group, Serhei Parajanov, Francesca Woodman, Cindy Sherman, Roman Polanski.
Photo by Isaak Danilevsky