Hiding in Plain Sight

Hiding in Plain Sight is an ongoing series of self-portraits exploring themes of visibility, identity, and the fragile boundaries between self and space. Begun in the early months of 2022, shortly after I was forced to immigrate to France, this body of work reflects my attempt to navigate a sudden rupture—displacement, exile, and the emotional disorientation of starting over in a foreign country. Each image captures a moment of liminal presence: figures blurred, obscured, or erased—offering a poetic meditation on interiority and disappearance.

Created across various temporary living spaces in Paris, the series draws on natural light, urban textures, and reflective surfaces to evoke the tension between intimacy and anonymity. These self-portraits do not reveal; they withhold. What is absent becomes as significant as what is seen. Shadows, curtains, and overexposures become metaphors for psychological thresholds and the elusive process of rebuilding identity.

Hiding in Plain Sight is not about hiding to escape—but hiding to endure. It is a visual diary of my evolving self in exile, a quiet resistance, and a search for belonging in the unfamiliar.