A PLACE TO EXHALE
The idea of home remains difficult for me to define. It is a word filled with emotion, memory, and longing, yet never fully concrete. I am slowly beginning to understand that home may not be a physical, three-dimensional space, but rather a feeling,
a moment of relaxation, freedom, and ease of breathing. Home might live in memories of places and people where we felt safe, and I know I carry a few of those with me. My home is a place where I don’t have to rush, where restlessness and worry fade, and where I feel safe to access my vulnerability and energy to create, explore, and simply be. Home is a quiet sanctuary within me, shaped by the world but lived in the heart, a place I can return to anywhere. These photographs are part of an ongoing project and reflect my current state of mind. After years of constant movement and unstable living conditions, I now find myself in a place of stillness, able to notice small moments, sit with my thoughts, and appreciate the present. The slowness of pinhole photography, paired with the immediacy of in-camera development, mirrors this balance between patience and presence, grounding both my process and my perspective.