Artist's Statement

"Seeing Signs""

In my teenage years, I had a friend who suffered from paranoid schizophrenia. Before his illness progressed too far, he often drew my attention to signs that contained a secret message for him. Sometimes they were frightening messages, sometimes very funny. This made me realize that the signs that surround us can have different meanings, depending on the context, and/or attitude with which you look at them. Many years later, in memory of my friend, I decided to start photographing signs.