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KEEP AGAINST FEAR

Rituals of defence and desire.


Two intimate borders facing each other:

the fence and the skin.

One holds the unseen; the other holds the self.

Photographed between belief and habit —

where protection becomes gesture.



In some rural areas, goat skulls are fixed to fences.

they mark the limit of a property and ward off what can’t be seen.

on the beach, a few kilometers away, people remove their clothes.

their nakedness, too, has a border — the line where public becomes intimate.


Both gestures belong to the same instinct: to draw a line against fear.

one keeps the spirits out; the other keeps the self contained.

these images observe what happens along that threshold —

where belief turns into habit, and rituals, old or new,

reveal what we choose to protect.


KEEP AGAINST FEAR

Rituals of defence and desire.


Two intimate borders facing each other:

the fence and the skin.

One holds the unseen; the other holds the self.

Photographed between belief and habit —

where protection becomes gesture.



In some rural areas, goat skulls are fixed to fences.

they mark the limit of a property and ward off what can’t be seen.

on the beach, a few kilometers away, people remove their clothes.

their nakedness, too, has a border — the line where public becomes intimate.


Both gestures belong to the same instinct: to draw a line against fear.

one keeps the spirits out; the other keeps the self contained.

these images observe what happens along that threshold —

where belief turns into habit, and rituals, old or new,

reveal what we choose to protect.