Artist statement: I use photography as a tool to document the unspoken stories around me. I create images that call attention to things that other people may overlook. This exploration of the overlooked helps me explore and engage more deeply with where I am in space and time. To me my photographs are like a physical mediation, it gives me inner peace.
This particular image, ‘The truth – self-portrait’ is a part of a series that I am currently working on, something very emotional and personal at the same time. I think we all tell lies about ourselves, about our careers and we are afraid of revealing them, but the truth is always within you and you cannot escape from that. I am the truth.
Also known as Giclee prints or bubble-jet prints, pigment ink-jet prints are generated by computer printers from digital or scanned files using dye-based or pigment-based inks. A series of nozzles spray tiny droplets of ink onto the paper surface in a precise pattern that corresponds to the digital image file. In dye-based prints the ink soaks into the paper, whereas in pigment-based prints the ink rests and dries on top of the paper surface.
Whilst the term is broad, pigment ink-jet prints have come to be associated with prints produced on fine art papers. They are the most versatile and archival method of printing available to photographers today. A wide variety of material on which an image can be printed with such inks are available, including various textures and finishes such as matte photo paper, watercolour paper, cotton canvas or pre-coated canvas.
