DE HOMINE SENTENTIAE
De Homine Sententiae explores the human being as a manifestation of Existence.
Human existence is not exhausted by individual identity or the appearance of the face. Through the individual, qualities and conditions of being can emerge, making different manifestations of Existence perceptible.
In this project, the face becomes a threshold rather than a mere portrait. Through the transformation of the photographic image, individual identity loses its centrality, and the human figure opens onto a more essential dimension, in which what matters is not only who appears, but what can manifest itself through that person.
Vis, Firmitas, Serenitas, and Rationalitas represent four conditions through which the human being may reveal itself: strength, steadfastness, serenity, and rationality. They do not define four distinct identities, but indicate different possibilities of human being, each capable of expressing a particular manifestation of Existence.
Photography therefore does not seek to establish who a person is, but to question what their image can make visible beyond appearance: the different conditions through which Existence takes shape in the human being.