Artist’s Statement

I love watching trees and photographing trees! Different shades of greens, textures of tree trunks, different shapes of leaves, everything inspires me. Sometimes I like to capture the landscape in its entirety, creating different compositions by positioning different trees at different angles, and sometimes I like to get close, taking closeups of only part of the trunk or leaves. I am also fascinated by historical sites. I love creating abstracts with old, ruined structures and some new elements to create a bonding between the past and the present.

In addition to colour images, I also like to create black and white images of trees and leaves to bring out textures clearly, to show shapes of leaves, or to create different patterns.

Through my photographs I want to inspire viewers to love trees and to feel for our earth, the only place we have. I believe when people learn to love trees, they would become more environmentally conscious.  I feel that there is a deep connection between trees and human lives. To show these connections I am interested in creating abstract photographs. For that I combine trees with other elements and sometimes with historical structures and human figures.