Shape of Water

• Photographer
  Réka Judit Jaksics
• Technical Info
  Inc Jet, Colour Print
• Photo Date
  2023

“Shape of Water” is a surreal exploration of body and space. A figure bends into abstraction. The turquoise room frames the gesture like an echo of water, transforming flesh into fluid form.

R.J. Jaksics, born in Budapest, is a trained concert cellist.? In 2021, she began photographing daily and intuitively, with a strong focus on self-portraits and emotional introspection.? She has participated in masterclasses with Antoine d’Agata and Roger Ballen. The Zurich-based artist Andreas Lutz remarked: “You are photographing your state of mind.” ?Sandro Kopp, renowned for his intimate portraiture, has been portraying her regularly for several years, creating new drawings each summer. The New York painter Daniel Maidman requested her photographs as reference material for his portraits.