Description
I photograph the way I listen — with my body, letting the invisible resonate.
I work close to my subjects, guided by an intuitive, organic, and sensitive approach.
This balance allows me to explore thresholds — where the body speaks without words, where the image becomes a passage.
I seek a proximity that touches intimacy — in the texture of skin, the glimmer of a gaze, a silent tension.
To reveal the unspeakable, sometimes the unseen: a subtle truth, a breath, a tremor.
Each series becomes a ritual, a space for transmutation.
The photographic act is one of presence, revelation, and transformation.
I work in digital or analog photography depending on the rhythm and nature of the project, applying minimal post-processing to preserve the living texture of the image.
My upcoming series — Musubi, Sacred Skin, Beyond the Gaze, and Muruga — are part of a broader exploration around the notion of imprint: visible or invisible, intentional or not.
Biography
A self-taught photographer, I approach image-making through listening to the body, shaped by my background in shiatsu, brief therapy, and energy practices.
In 2021–2022, I completed the Milk Photography Masterclass in Paris, where I developed my first narrative body of work.
In 2024, I took part for the first time in the Ixelles Artists’ Trail, presenting a photographic installation on the theme Empreinte, alongside Japanese calligraphy and sensitive dance performances by Valérie Hansen-Shotomai, in resonance with my photographs.
I am currently developing a series of projects based on the concept of the imprint, blending presence, memory, connection, and transformation.
I work under two complementary names: Usui Kumo (fluid gaze, Yin) and Olga (embodied energy, Yang).
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