Vivid Splash

One day, a splash of color woke me up. During a photography class, my instructor paused at my work and said simply, “Color. Color is what stands out in your work.” I had never thought of it that way before, but something shifted when I heard those words.I began searching for color in the world around me, and then, gradually, creating it. Color changed the way I experienced familiar places and ordinary objects. Walls, doors, shadows, reflections, and small fragments of everyday life became charged with possibility. The more I followed color, the more it opened a different way of seeing and gave me access to a creativity I had not expected to find. In Vivid Splash, color becomes both subject and guide. My figure appears throughout the work as a shadow, reflection, silhouette, or blur, never fully fixed but always present. These partial self-portraits become a way of entering the image and merging with the color, light, and space around me. Together, the photographs invite the viewer into a world where color heightens attention, shifts perception, and awakens a sense of wonder.