When you look at me
I vanish into thin air
Leaving my body behind
And being doomed to despair
If you ask me, “where do you go?”
Just look me in the eyes
I won’t be there though
Even if I was a while ago
Take a picture of me
But you will never capture
What is not seen
Behind the curtains
If I’m in the picture
Then what is in me?
Monsters, demons, witches
No lens can see them
………………………………
Who is in the mirror
Looking at me?
She is kind of familiar
Yet a stranger to me
About the Author
Kıymaz is a London-based visual artist currently completing her MA in Fine Art: Printmaking at Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts London.
Working primarily with printmaking and photography, her practice explores identity, self-perception and the relationship between the inner and outer self. Through self-portraiture, she investigates the gaze, the fear of being seen and the boundaries between the body and the self. Her work often incorporates distorted imagery, shadows and fragmented figures to question how we perceive ourselves and how we are perceived by others.