The Eyes of Daphne
The Eyes of Daphne is an invitation to contemplate our bond with nature. It asks us to look differently — to allow a distant, distinct gaze to emerge.
“These photos explore the mystery that Daphne embodies and question what it means to see through her eyes.”
Daphne is the daughter of Peneus, the river god. In Ovid’s Metamorphoses she fled from Apollo’s relentless pursuit.
In her desperation, she begged the earth to save her, and her prayer was answered.
Her arms turned into branches, her hair into leaves, her body rooted into the soil.
In that transformation, her humanity dissolved, yet her presence endured as a laurel tree —a symbol of both beauty preserved and freedom denied.
Through Daphne’s eyes, I attempt to portray the beauty and mystery of nature.
Like Daphne’s metamorphosis, our relationship with nature is marked by rupture and loss. Incomplete and fractured, the mirror of our times reflects not clarity but fragments.
What is it, then, that we truly see and remember?
