Leaf as an Organ (2021)

‘Leaf as an organ’ (2021) Gelatin Silver Prints, 8 x 10″, 16 x 20″

For the exhibition “NARRATIVAS A ORIENTE”, Oriental Foundation, Macau, from 17Dec – 31Jan22.

The entire city once ceased operations overnight. Plants that are often left unnoticed start to grow thrivingly due to the sudden stop of daily pruning and caring, returning to their most natural form.

To me, such change means full vitality. It is also the time that I started to contemplate, as people living in the city, we are constantly trimmed and tamed by the blade of society, a destiny that is not much different from the plants in the city.

Over time, we no longer remember what we looked like.

Leaf absorbs sunlight for the plant. In the process, it converts carbon dioxide in the air into oxygen and releases it back into the atmosphere.