THE PROJECT
Not Quite is an interview-based photography project exploring a well known yet sparsely represented human experience: the loud silence of swallowed words, the sore moments of shrinking and dimming, steps not taken and decisions postponed, and the larger cultural conditions that make all of this so hard to name.
Through intimate conversation and collaborative image-making, each photograph in this series translates a deeply personal inner experience into something tangible and recognizable, without needing much explanation.
This project is for the ones who know this feeling. This seemingly forever almost. And for everyone who has ever loved someone who carried it under their skin.
CALL FOR SUBJECTS
I'm looking for people who know what it feels like to hold back.
Maybe you carry things on your chest that don’t reach your lips. Maybe you make yourself smaller in rooms where your voice and visibility are needed. Maybe you've been postponing something for so long it's become part of your identity. Maybe you're hiding something, from others or yourself, and you simply don’t know how to reveal it.
I'd love to meet you.
We'll move through a process of conversation and exploration together, finally making your experience visible as co-creators. You don't need to show your face if you don’t want to. You just need to feel the spark, that little tingle of curiosity that says "hm yes".
BACKGROUND
Not Quite grew out of my own deep experience with holding back, and out of hundreds of conversations over the years with people who encounter it too, in many shapes and colors. As a Cultural Anthropologist (M.A.), Authentic Relating Facilitator, and Trauma-Informed Breathworker, I create conditions for people to access and express what usually stays hidden.
CONTACT
Ready to be part of this?
Reach me via the following contact form.
Based in Antwerp, Belgium, I work with people in person and online. The final photoshoot always happens face to face, in Antwerp, or wherever our paths cross. I move around Europe regularly.
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