Seeking Shade in the Desert
2025, Photography

The scorching sun shines indifferently. We seek shade in the desert, as if searching for protection in a world where survival depends on shelter. Much like young saguaros growing beneath nurse trees, we find refuge from sunburn and frost under an older tree.

This act of seeking shade echoes impermanence: the nurse tree quietly shelters the young saguaro, but as the saguaro grows, it draws more water and resources, sometimes leading to the death of the older tree.

These photos are the accumulation of the experiences and impressions I gathered over two months in the Sonoran Desert, Arizona. Some moments appear in images, others don’t.

Seeking shade in the desert, seeking shade in history: seeking the forgotten memories and underexposed narratives that haunt this landscape. These shades remind us that the past/history is not absent but obscured. To seek shade is to acknowledge our vulnerability.

Exhibition views:
Muted Pink Desert 
Artist Residency Open Studio
06.12.2025
Arizona, United States