The name was chosen very instinctively after reading a poem by T.S. Eliot. It simply felt perfect to me to reflect the colours, the textures and the overall feeling of the project. The sand is warm and soft and tickles the body getting under your garments. It blends perfectly in combination with the contaminating fluid petrel that sticks to your skin.

I consider privacy to be a space where to feel safe, where to feel comfortable alone. It is the creation of a moment detached from public attention where to find peacefulness.

Creating space and distance to the subject, not giving many instructions, leaving it to itself allows it to find some privateness. Intimacy is then seen as an extension of privacy, which includes relationships with others as well as with oneself. Intimacy comprehends sexuality, considering primarily the feeling of comfort in its own body and in connection to others. Closure, contact, sensation, perception and identity are key words to the topic, in my belief.

The body presented in this work is hidden and exposed, constricted and freed at the same time. While shooting I thought about recognition and appreciation of the body, an overall feeling of acceptance. The initial idea was the creation of a small catalogue of body parts, expressing the grace and the appeal of the human form. The final result, however, presents a series of details, meant to represent a very straight and direct approach to the body, as well as multiple images focusing more on the subject as a whole, in interaction with others or simply retired in privacy. As I previously mentioned, I decided then to play with both constriction and freedom from outer factors, showing different sides of comfort and transformation of the body in relation to others. It represents the general sensation of how a person appreciates his or herself.

I believe the female body is already powerful; I am simply expressing my vision of it.
The body is ideal in every shape and colour; its defects make it real and enhance its strength. I decided to take into consideration provocative aspects of the collective imagery, such as red lips and net tights to intensify the concept of power behind the images.

I found John Yuyi almost by chance while researching for the project and immediately thought she would be a perfect fit for this. She is an artist herself and reflects a particular strength that I loved.

The collaboration with her permitted me to add intensity to the pictures, blending her strong look to a soft and intimate atmosphere. Moreover I’d like to thank also Nathalia Bruno and Veronique et Charlotte for posing for me, allowing to add some diversity of shapes in the work. I decided to focus only on John Yuyi to use her as the main subject of the project but I couldn’t have achieved the same results without these other two amazing girls.