something about my sister | 2021 — now

When my sister was born, I was six years old. We didn't get along at first. She was just a baby, yet I suddenly had to share my parents' time and attention. We spent most of our childhood arguing, and things didn't really begin to change until she was around twelve.

At some point, I realized that she had become her own person, with her own interests and opinions—someone I could finally have calm, meaningful conversations with.

Adolescence brings its own challenges, and my recent experience of growing up unexpectedly became useful to her. Over time, I became the person she turned to for advice instead of our mother, and I began to feel responsible for the guidance I gave. We gradually realized that we didn't have to keep fighting. Step by step, we learned how to build our relationship again: to talk, negotiate, ask each other for advice, and support one another.

Something About My Sister is a photographic exploration of that process. Through making photographs together, the conversations that happened during the shoots, and reflecting on the images afterward, the project became a way for us to better understand each other.