I live near Maksimir Park in Zagreb, where I often walk through the woods. Over time, this forest has become a place of familiarity, solitude, and balance - a space I return to whenever I need distance from the rhythm of everyday life.
I began the series Into the Woods in the early spring of 2020, during the first outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. At a time when movement and social contact were suddenly restricted, the forest became an even more important space of freedom and retreat.
Rather than documenting the landscape as it appears, I photograph my subjective experience of it. Light, color, movement, and atmosphere become more important than recognizable detail. Through deliberate camera movement and longer exposures, trees and paths dissolve into impressions - somewhere between landscape, memory, and abstraction.
For me, these photographs are not records of a particular place, but expressions of a state of mind. The forest becomes an inner landscape: quiet, unstable, and constantly changing with light, season, and perception.
I began the series Into the Woods in the early spring of 2020, during the first outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. At a time when movement and social contact were suddenly restricted, the forest became an even more important space of freedom and retreat.
Rather than documenting the landscape as it appears, I photograph my subjective experience of it. Light, color, movement, and atmosphere become more important than recognizable detail. Through deliberate camera movement and longer exposures, trees and paths dissolve into impressions - somewhere between landscape, memory, and abstraction.
For me, these photographs are not records of a particular place, but expressions of a state of mind. The forest becomes an inner landscape: quiet, unstable, and constantly changing with light, season, and perception.
