Interpreted
traces
of the past

I work with photographs taken many decades ago, most of them depicting places and people who are now anonymous. At some point, someone stood in front of a camera, held their breath for a moment — and the image remained. The story, and sometimes even the name, has been lost.

Through digital painting interventions, in a dry oil style, I try to give these faces and places something photography could not preserve: a possible story, a reinterpretation of a moment that has disappeared.

The color palette is limited and cool, creating a certain distance — as if the viewer were observing the images almost like an archive researcher. The added elements are minimal, merely suggestions of imagined biographies or fragmentary chronicles. They intentionally leave an open narrative space, where the viewer can build their own story.

The backgrounds, layered with textures and fragments of old newspapers and postcards, preserve ambiguity and act as a quiet invitation for the viewer to complete what is missing.