Self Portraits
2018-2022
I returned to photography with primarily making self portraits after taking a seven year break from it. I wanted to do something more meaningful with my life and found the commercial side of being a photographer too superficial and male-centric. I studied for a diploma in transpersonal integrative psychotherapy but after my studies and working as a psychotherapist I found myself being drawn back to photography (but as an art form rather than the commercial side). Unfortunately the art world is still being dominated by the masculine, however, I do believe more and more female voices are being heard.I am continuously tapping into this rich experience and in-depth investigation into the human psyche as material for self-expression. Through the work I have done on myself during my studies I was shocked to discover just how wounded my own feminine was and with that the Archetype of the feminine. The making of these self portraits has become a sort of healing ritual, a way of connecting to myself and own feminine energy.
