Perfection: unmade & unfiltered

Artist’s Statement

The idea behind Perfection: Unmade and Unfiltered is to showcase the progression from attempting to control an environment to manufacture “perfection,” to learning to embrace the authenticity and natural beauty of the world as a new type of “perfection.” It is about learning to see the difference between what is made to look perfect and what is already perfect on its own. It moves from the artificial to the natural, from what is designed to what simply exists. For me, it is both an artistic process and a personal one, the slow unmaking of the need to be flawless and the discovery that truth often begins with the unfiltered beauty that remains where the illusion of perfection ends.

The first photographs are careful and exact. Every line stays straight, and the light lands exactly where it should. I wanted to see what control could create, and how far it could go before it began to erase what was real. As the series moves forward, the compositions start to shift. Reflections blur, shadows fall unevenly, and the light begins to move in ways I did not plan.

By the end, the photographs turn toward what I cannot arrange. Water, sunlight, and natural motion take over. What these moments lack in technical precision is made whole through the unpredictable harmony of light and motion. They represent the idea that beauty does not need to be manufactured, and that perfection can exist without control.

Lines, 2024

Pencils rest in near-perfect symmetry, except for one that breaks the line. Its defiance makes the order imperfect, but also gives the image an unexpected life.

Traces, 2024

A cropped word, a shadow that divides it, a line of light that won’t stay straight. In this photo, uncontrollable light and shadows begin to emerge, hinting at a shift towards “natural” perfection.