Nascence / Gnosis / Sonder

Coalesce began as a journey of internal psychological reflection. Inspired by Francesca Woodman’s self-portraiture, themes of metamorphosis and identity flooded my early work in this series. I was attempting to reach a level of catharsis through my photography. However, when my first batch of negatives were seemingly unusable due to a development mistake, I felt like I was back at square one. Despite this setback, I pushed the images to their visual limits, accepted their imperfections, and built the foundation of this series on what I once thought was unsalvageable.

Coalesce now serves as a visual diary of my journey to rise above my flaws, mistakes, and imperfections; to accept myself as I exist within the world.