Fracture Points

Fracture Points explores the tension between the desire to merge with others and the instinct to protect one’s own space.

Fracture Points is an open-ended photographic series exploring the complexities of intimacy through a female lens. Drawing on my own experiences, attachment theory, and conversations with friends, the work reflects on recurring patterns of power, desire, and the persistent need for connection.

A fracture point is usually defined as the moment a material gives way under stress. I’m interested in how that looks in a relationship, the exact point where the tension becomes a collapse. Through both constructed and spontaneous scenarios, the series tries to capture the distance between the self and the "other."

The work emerges from a struggle to find a sense of ease in romantic relationships and a recurring urge to escape into my own world. It explores the conflict between two opposing needs: the desire for closeness and merging with another person and an impulse to protect myself from it.

Seeking to understand these patterns more deeply, I began having honest conversations with friends. By treating these shared experiences as a bridge across our fragmented realities, the work explores the space between vulnerability and self-preservation, and the persistent effort of trying to stay connected.