I am raised in a family where being naked was just a normal thing. Form my young childhood I would often go with my parents to a sauna, nude beach or other places where being naked is nothing special. While growing up, I became more aware of sexuality and the tension around a naked body. Seeing other people naked was not as innocent any more, and exposing yourself as a male is generally not at all excepted as something natural. It is only allowed in some strictly appointed contexts. For me the nude body it still is something honest and natural, but at the same time I am very aware of the sexual tension build up around the subject. It is this duality of the subject that fascinates me. What is considered normal, universal and natural on one place, is considered provocative and offensive somewhere else. Often by the same people. How is this possible, and how can we all accept this as a universal truth?
In photography I try to get closer to the physicality of skin, to get a better understanding of the role our own body’s play in our lives. I plead to except the body of others for what they really are: a natural and universal fundamental part of our life.