ABOUT

A female freediver in a black wetsuit and pink mask floats underwater in deep blue ocean water.
A female freediver in a black wetsuit and pink mask floats underwater in deep blue ocean water.
Smiling female underwater photographer in a wetsuit holding a professional camera housing by the ocean.
Smiling female underwater photographer in a wetsuit holding a professional camera housing by the ocean.

my story

I BLEND MY OWN VIEWS OF THE WORLDS WITH ONES DEPTHS.

GOD IS MY MAIN SOURCE OF INSPIRATION. NAVIGATING BETWEEN DARKNESS AND LIGHT. I CREATE MY OWN PATH INTO THE UNDER(WATER)WORLD.

artistic approach

MY IMAGES BEGIN WITH PRIOR PREPARATION THROUGH DRAWING AND PAINTING.
THIS STAGE ALLOWS ME TO
ANTICIPATE THE CONSTRAINTS OF WATER TO MAINTAIN PRECISION IN THE ACT OF PHOTOGRAPHING.

MY PRACTICE USES DRAMATIC ELEMENTS WITH TEXTURED LAYERS TO CREATE A PERCEPTION BOTH EDGY AND UNIQUE.  

I WORK WITH MODELS WITHIN IMMERSIVE SITUATIONS.
BEYOND STAGING, THIS BECOMES A SHARED EXPERIENCE IN WHICH THE BODY ADAPTS, YIELDS, OR ENTER INTO TENSION WITH ITS ENVIRONMENT. POSTURES, MOVEMENTS, AND
PHYSICAL STATES FORM A VISUAL LANGUAGE.

WATER ACTS AS A REVEALER. IT ALTERS FORMS, UNSETTLES PERCEPTION, AND TRANSFORMS THE RELATION TO SPACE.
WHAT EMERGES IS NEVER FULLY STABLE NOR ENTIRELY CONTRALLABLE. THE IMAGE TAKES SHAPE WITHIN THIS BALANCE BETWEEN INTENTION AND UNPREDICTABILITY.

THROUGH THIS PRACTICE, I SEEK TO CREATE IMAGES THAT MOVE BEYOND REPRESENTATION.
IMMERSION BECOMES A WAY OF ACCESSING ANOTHER
QUALITY OF PRESENCE. MORE SENSITIVE, MORE INTERIOR, WHERE BODY AND IMAGE TRANSFORM TOGETHER.

experience

EXPOSURE ONE AWARDS — 2025
TWO NOMINATIONS IN FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY

AMBASSADOR MOLCHANOVS FREEDIVING 

JURY PANEL FOR EUROPEAN FREEDIVING PHOTO AWARD - 2026

SELECTED OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER AIDA FREEDIVING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS - 2024 & 2026

SELECTED OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER CMAS FREEDIVING WORLD CUPS - 2024 & 2025

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