Losing Pieces of Myself.

“Losing Pieces of Myself “ is both an invitation and a meditation on grief and the fragmentation of identity. The series begins with digital photographs I captured and then digitally manipulated—transforming stark silhouettes into fractured, abstract portraits. Each piece reflects how grief dismantles us : first stripping away identity, then intertwining and obscuring what remains until only silence and shadows are left. Through digital layering, masking, positive and negative space, and heavy contrast, I reimagined the photographic image as a mixed media exploration of loss. The progression mirrors my experience of losing my father—a disorienting journey from presence to absence, from clarity to rupture. By breaking apart each subject, I explore the impossibility of every feeling whole again and the lingering incompleteness grief leaves behind. This series not only embraces disappearance but also reclaims visibility. It acknowledges the fragments that remain when something irreplaceable is gone, giving grief a visual form while affirming resilience and the redefinition identity that emerges from loss.