The Season of Grief

The Season of Grief is a fragmentary work that articulates the long process of grief and loss, and the role of memory. Over the course of four years, I have filmed, recorded, photographed landscapes and daily life scenes that were reflecting the turmoil of my inner state.

As part of my grieving process after losing my partner in 2015, as he was 29, I recently went back to the small town of Kampot, Cambodia, where we first met and lived for a while later on. It took me seven years to be able to go back there.

During the months before the pandemic started, I have been travelling alone and taking pictures of the different rooms I have been staying in, as an exploration of my own solitude, in an attempt to understand the process of grieving and healing through movement, especially returning to places that hold dear memories.

The series of still images explore the stillness of grief, mapping its solitude and inability to share this feeling with others. It tastes of its particular aloneness.

This is a cathartic attempt to share the darkest years of my life, that ultimately made me grow as a better person, hoping that it can resonate with other people’s loss and give a bit of solace.