"My work is primarily based on self-portraiture shot on film. I create whimsical, bite-size sets, digesting the world around me to create these pocket-like worlds. I also create characters that stare back into the camera as if the viewer is a voyeur into that world. I try to straddle the line between what is visually attractive and what is repulsive, awkward, or strange, aiming to alter people's preconceived ideas of people, places, and concepts. In the past years, I’ve been focusing on how isolation affects the mind, playfully combining this with themes of space, dissociation, and depression."
— April Winter
