EYELAND: Directing Duality in Photography

ART DIRECTION, PHOTOGRAPHY

EYELAND was a photography series born from my collaboration with Jemel Ganal, exploring the duality of perception and creativity through the raw, unfiltered essence of the human form. By stripping away external distractions—clothing, setting, and artifice—we aimed to capture the subject in their purest state, allowing our individual perspectives to shape the narrative. With identical lighting and props, we each framed the same moment through our own lens, revealing how two photographers, bound by creative synergy, could see and interpret vulnerability, strength, and emotion in profoundly different ways.

This series was a meditation on duality—how light and shadow, presence and absence, exposure and concealment all work in tension to shape meaning. Nudity became the anchor of this exploration, symbolizing both openness and interpretation. It challenged us to see beyond the physical body and into the subtleties of gesture, gaze, and energy. Jemel and I, deeply connected in our artistic approach, constantly pushed each other to question what we saw and how we chose to capture it.

Through EYELAND, we invited viewers to step into this space of dual perception, where identity is fluid, storytelling is subjective, and the act of seeing is just as intimate as being seen.