I create because I need to give form to what it feels like to be alive, beyond words.
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Art that reframes reality through atmosphere and the traces of emotion it carries.
Where do you find inspiration?I'm not really inspired by scenes, but by how it feels when a scene almost disappears, by the notion of absence.
What would you do with $25,000?Apart from buying some lenses and instruments I can't afford now, I would use it to take my son on a well-deserved trip to Iceland.
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