Roberta De Min

I love writing stories and they always come out better when I use my camera. Lights, contrasts, colours, depth... these are the letters of my alphabet, the alphabet I use to tell stories of love, journeys, business ventures, special occasions and fleeting moments, stories which I observe and capture in black and white and then add other colours to. When I was small, I was fascinated by black and white pictures and portraits, I would lovingly cut them out and collect them. I follow my instinct, I don’t put them in poses. Maybe I don’t really realise what I’m doing. I follow my intuition. I love capturing sudden moments, epiphanies, as the writer James Joyce called them, those instants when people and things reveal themselves. I regularly do yoga. Whenever I can, I take my dog, Kiwi, out for a walk. I adore films, black and white ones obviously. I love tattoos. I love dreaming. More than anything, I love freedom. It guides me in my work and life. My home is on the shore of a lake. My studio is the world.