Residency
LOST ARTISTS
Reflections from the Lost Artists Residency, Capri - Italy (10/2025)
During my ten-day residency with Lost Artists on the island of Capri, led by fine-art photographer Davide Esposito, my practice shifted in a way I did not anticipate.
Working within strict technical and conceptual limitations challenged my usual approach to photography—one often shaped by control, clarity, and visual structure. Instead of pursuing perfection, I was encouraged to remain with what felt unresolved: imperfections, interruptions, and uncertainty.
Through individual mentoring sessions, Davide and I revisited my earlier work and explored the deeper symbolism behind recurring visual patterns, repetitions, and absences. These conversations revealed that my aesthetic decisions were not only formal choices, but reflections of psychology, vulnerability, and the way I relate to order.
What made the residency transformative was how directly these reflections fed back into the act of making images. Constraints became tools for self-inquiry. Experimentation stopped being a search for a new style and became a process of moving beyond what felt familiar, correct, or safe.
I left Capri with a renewed understanding that artistic development is not linear, but deeply experiential. My work now feels less driven by control, and more open to intuition, contradiction, and growth.
