In Scratches, I aimed to explore the haunting threshold between vulnerability and self-preservation. These images are not portraits but impressions—echoes of figures caught in fragile moments when the world feels like it can only wound. The distortion becomes a metaphor for the psychic contortions we undergo when anticipating harm, when bracing for judgment, or when navigating spaces where our softness is weaponised against us.
Scratches reflect my attempt to render visible the invisible wounds—those subtle, often unspoken marks left by fear, isolation, and the expectation of hostility. It is a meditation on survival, on how the body reacts when it feels seen, but not safe.
April 2025
