Sandra Kosh 

Artist Statement

 

My practice is centered on the body – as a place where memory, experience, and the sense of life are stored.

I work with my own body, exploring it as a space of presence, vulnerability, and renewal.

Nudity in my work is not about eroticism. It is about honesty, acceptance, and trust.
Aesthetics matter to me – not as decoration, but as a way of seeing harmony between body, light, and space.

Through this sensitivity I look for beauty that grows from reality rather than from an ideal.

Life during the war has intensified bodily perception. The body has become a place where anxiety, pain, and fatigue accumulate, yet also a space of longing for life, touch, and recovery.

These states are not always expressed in words, so I capture them in images – through posture, tension, breathing, and interaction with space.

Within these images coexist different dimensions of experience: pain and calm, fragility and strength, sensuality and self-acceptance, openness to feminine sexuality, and a gentle acceptance of aging.

I work both in natural and studio environments, exploring how the body interacts with space and light.
My images remain intentionally simple and unembellished, focusing on atmosphere and emotion rather than decorative form.

Photography for me is a way to see and record an authentic inner state, usually hidden beneath clothing, habits, and masks.

During the shoot I do not try to control the body – I observe how it lives through emotions, how it responds, how it becomes visible.

Sometimes the poses come easily, sometimes they require effort, but they always remain honest.

In my work, I observe how the body transforms experience into a form of presence.
It is a way to truly see and accept myself.