Every portrait begins with an encounter.
These photographs are not intended to describe a person or construct a psychological narrative. They are the result of the time shared between photographer and sitter, where attention, trust and presence gradually shape the image. The portrait is not something that is taken, but something that emerges.
The slow pace of the wet plate collodion process changes the relationship between camera and subject. As the minutes pass, the distance between them begins to dissolve. Expressions become quieter, gestures more deliberate, and what remains is no longer a performance, but a presence.
Each work is a unique wet plate collodion on glass. The physical nature of the process allows every portrait to exist not only as an image, but as a singular object carrying the trace of a shared experience.
