I Create Surreal Stories That Help Me Express My Feelings And Emotions

It was the year 2013 when I decided to start a 365-day project. That meant one self-portrait a day. The purpose of this project was to learn more about portrait photography and myself.

Somewhere in the middle of the project things started to change – my wishes started to change. I wanted to learn more about creating stories with my images and not just posing. I started to use my body in combination with props to express my emotions and to tell a story in each image. An inspiration for the images I get from my life, my favorite stories, movies, life situations, feelings and emotions. Photographing self-portraits became some sort of run from reality, where I can transfer my frustrations, ideas and thoughts into new stories.

After my project 365-day, I finished two other series – String of life and Raven. And the third series is already in progress.

With my images, I try to encourage the viewer to become part of the story and maybe even find his own story in them.

So… here they are, some of my favorite images.

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#1 Two Faced

#2 Unbreakable

#3 Save Haven

#4 Secret Door

#5 Screaming Into The Silence

#6 Where We Used To Meet

#7 The Invisible Force

#8 Anxiety

#9 Breaking Free

#10 Serenity

#11 I Caught A Cloud

#12 Afraid Of Falling

#13 Clothes

#14 The Path You Choose

#15 Map

#16 Reflection

#17 Marionette

#18 Under Pressure

#19 Dance Of The Fallen

#20 Dear Santa