sheltered life (2008 – 2017)

“A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you, the less you know.” —Diane Arbus

Sheltered Life is a series of photographs that examine the individual in private space—those moments of retreat, not just from society, but from the very families that define us. It is a visual meditation on solitude: not loneliness, but a deliberate unmooring from the expectations of others.

These images trace the quiet poetry of unobserved life—unfiltered, yet intimately staged. Through a cinematic lens, solitude emerges not as absence, but as presence: a space of reflection, self-discovery, and unexpected contentment. Here, isolation becomes not a void, but a dialogue with the self.

Drawing from theories of performative identity, the series interrogates whether we ever truly step out of character. Are we most authentic when alone, or do we still obey invisible scripts? The photographs linger in this ambiguity, blurring vulnerability with self-awareness, each frame a silent negotiation between revelation and concealment.

Sheltered Life transforms ordinary scenes into contemplative tableaus. The result is neither a celebration nor a critique of solitude, but an open-ended exploration—an acknowledgment that sometimes, the most revealing moments happen when the world is not looking.

A Girl on the Bridge, 2014.

Mother is Resting, 2013

Husbend and Wife, 2008