IMAGO
Existence never fully coincides with the image through which it manifests itself.
The female form can become an image of itself, until it is no longer merely what appears, but the very means through which appearance is constructed.
Imago explores the moment when the female figure asserts itself as a representation, acquiring a presence that extends beyond the individual who embodies it. The matter of the image acts upon the figure, altering and accentuating it, progressively transforming it into a form that seems to represent itself.
Unlike Femina Femina, where matter tends to overlap the figure until the individual is concealed, in Imago it is form that takes precedence: the female form becomes an image of itself.
Photography does not seek to distinguish what is real from what appears. It observes the moment when appearance acquires an autonomy of its own and alters the way the figure is perceived. The image does not merely represent form: it becomes a form of Existence in its own right.