Asleep
Explores memory, grief and absence through cyanotypes, handwritten notes and personal objects, turning the traces someone leaves behind into a quiet visual story.
Duration
September, 2025
Client
Personal editorial project
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Art direction
Challenge
The project started as a way of holding onto the memory of my late aunt through the objects, notes, and little details she left behind.
I wanted to create something deeply personal without making it feel too literal or documentary. The challenge was to show absence without directly explaining it, and to turn grief and memory into visuals that felt quiet, intimate and open enough for others to connect with in their own way.
Solution
Asleep explores how someone can still feel present through the things they touched, wrote, collected, and loved.
I used cyanotypes, handwritten notes, pressed flowers, old photographs, and personal objects to create a visual archive of memory. Instead of traditional portraits, the images focus on traces of a person, allowing the absence itself to become part of the story.
The deep blue tones, faded faces, layered textures, and empty spaces reflect how memories can slowly change over time while the emotions connected to them remain. The project is accompanied by lyrics from the song “Asleep,” adding another quiet and emotional layer to the series.
