“CLOSE ONES/UP CLOSE” IS A personal project IN WHICH I DOCUMENTED MY family and friends exclusively on The Impossible Project’s “Black Frame” B&W instant film, using the legendary Polaroid SLR680 & SX70 CAMERAS. ¶ Chosen for its immediacy, the “Polaroid format” with its flaws & QuiRCS embodies the fleeting nature of moments—those we long to hold onto, preserved in small, tangible frames. ¶ Shot without elaborate lighting or studio setups, the series strips down emotion, offering a raw, uniform document of individuals at a given moment. ¶ Identical framing and composition bring the work into the realm of typology, an ordered contrast to the artist’s nomadic life across ten countries OVER twenty-five years OF living ABROAD.
