Portraits in Platinum Palladium

Created across Southeast Asia over more than a decade, these portraits bring together individuals encountered during daily life.

The photographs share a common gesture; each subject meets the camera directly. For a moment, the distance between observer and observed disappears. What remains is an exchange of recognition.

Rendered in platinum palladium, the images are stripped to essentials. Color falls away. Expression, character, and presence remain. The process itself reflects the intention behind the work. To create objects of permanence from fleeting encounters.

These portraits do not celebrate fame, achievement, or status. They preserve something quieter: the dignity of being seen. Together they form a record of lives that shaped the communities around them, even if history may never record their names.

Each image is a reminder that every life contributes to the story of its time and place.