ARTIST STATEMENT

In 2020, everything changed.

While cycling, I was hit by a car and landed on my head. The brain injury that followed made me unable to handle any stimuli, no light, no sound, no crowds. Everything came to a stop. In that silence, I found something I had known as a child: the way I saw the world. Curious, attentive, full of wonder, with love for all living things.

In nature, I could see again like I did back then, but more intensely. As if everything reached me on a deeper level, the colours, the light, the movement, the shapes. I felt them more strongly than ever before. What I found there felt familiar: my way of seeing from long ago.

As a child, I spent a lot of time in Africa, where my grandparents lived. That’s where my love for nature and wildlife began. When my grandfather was dying, I told him how thankful I was that he had passed that love on to me, and that I wanted to become a real wildlife photographer. He squeezed my hand. It felt like he was saying, “I’ve heard you, go for it.”

I am a creative wildlife photographer. My work goes beyond simply capturing animals. I create images that move you, that stay with you, that make you feel something. In each image there is an encounter, between me and the animal, between the animal and the viewer, and sometimes between animals themselves. I try to show what makes each animal unique.

What drives me is that same way of seeing I rediscovered in the silence: curiosity, attention, and wonder. And also playfulness, the freedom to try, to explore, to discover. I love playing with form, light, and perspective, leaving room for emotion and surprise.

I see what others might walk past. Not because I look better, but differently, the way I did as a child.
Look with me. With curiosity, wonder, and love for nature.