"What we know is a drop, what we don't know is an ocean."
— Isaac Newton
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Surface Tension explores the boundary between different worlds—seen and unseen, real and imagined, conscious and unconscious. Using water as both a visual medium and symbolic threshold, the series invites viewers into liminal spaces where surface and depth converge. The photographs depict reflections, distortions, and organic formations that often resemble otherworldly landscapes, (un)familiar creatures, or fragments of memory.
Nothing is staged. These are real moments made strange by the play of light and perception. The images remain grounded in the physical world, yet suggest parallel realities that feel just out of reach. Sequenced from abstraction toward more concrete, recognizable images, the series mirrors a descent from the symbolic to the real. Each photo becomes a portal, inviting the viewer to pause and question what they’re seeing, or more importantly, what they’re not.
Influenced by Jungian archetypes and Taoist thought, the work quietly proposes that there is no single “world” but a layered field of perceptions, myths, and projections.
