Memory never returns the past intact — it answers only with an echo.
This echo is transformed, carrying the inflections of time, the residue of loss, and the longing to preserve what is fading.
It does not merely repeat; it refracts, turning the familiar into something new and barely recognizable.
So it is with us — each act of remembrance shapes a different version of the self.
There is solace in this, yet also peril: an echo too loud can drown the voice of the present.
We turn to Mnemosyne as to a sacred spring, seeking the clarity of pure memory, yet the water always bears traces of our own fears and desires.
It does not deceive, but it never reveals the whole truth.
The echo of Mnemosyne is a perpetual dialogue between who we were and who we allow ourselves to become.
Each reverberation is not a mirror but a passage into a labyrinth of interpretations.
Within it, one may find an anchor — or lose all sense of direction, torn between competing selves.
Perhaps this is the secret of memory: its purpose is not preservation, but transformation.
“ECHO OF MNEMOSYNE”
Portrait # 1
2025
Edition of 3 — 20 × 30 cm (≈ 8 × 12 in) — $ 1500 Edition of 2 — 40 × 60 cm (≈ 16 × 24 in) — $ 2500 Edition of 1 — 60 × 90 cm (≈ 24 × 36 in) — $ 6000
+ 2 A/P (artist’s proofs, not for sale)
Total edition across all sizes: 6 + 2 A/P
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 gsm
Certificate of Authenticity: signed & stamped; matching edition label affixed to verso.
