artist statement

“Come Find Me In The Shadows” explores the unsettling emotions felt by photographer, Anja Paixão, when she first moved from her native Norway to attend university in England. This was a difficult transition for her, she felt lost in a place she barely knew. Paixão felt as though the world was caving in around her and did not know how to adjust to her new life. Picking up her camera, Paixão started to explore her surroundings. She found visual motifs that represented how she felt, which became a healing process for her.

This body of work shares Paixão’s feelings of isolation, of moving to another country in which she knew no one. It is presented as a photobook, which allows an audience to sequentially experience the body of work as a journey to self-healing.