Marina Dego

The Naked Truth

“In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act” George Orwell. This project was born out of a desire to elaborate, through photography, something that was not visible, but nonetheless real, in an attempt to make sense of a painful and confusing situation that brought back issues of a past that was never fully understood. The betrayal of trust by the ones we love and believe to have our best interest at heart leaves deep scars that unstitch when exposed to something that remind us of how they originated. Hidden truths and tangled up words used to manipulate, heavy, unnecessary, a spiral of overthinking and the need to return to a place full of dust and ghosts, and let new light in. Walking along the blurred line between what hurts and what protects, sitting with silence and absence in the crepuscular space of unresolved memories, connection helped to re-establish a sense of self and allowed the kind of healing that feeling seen, and listened to, ignites. “I hope you will go out and let stories, that is life, happen to you, and that you will work with these stories... water them with your blood and tears and your laughter till they bloom, till you yourself burst into bloom.” ― Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves

Photographer

Marina Dego

Driven by a restless curiosity, which I see both as a source of energy and a curse, I oscillate between the search for light and a more or less conscious attraction to darkness. In a world that I often perceive as chaotic, photography and writing are compasses and anchors that I rely on to map out a path and bring order to my thoughts and stimuli. I love combining them to make sense of what I perceive and express it. My research often delves into the depths of the soul and memory, only to re-emerge and wander the world with the intention of discovering wonder, softening pain, making my gaze more responsible and able to share the stories it encounters.. Photography is a powerful tool of connection for me; what we choose to include or omit in a frame can unite people, situations, geographies and temporal dimensions. I find it difficult to define my style, which is sometimes evocative, often melancholic, with moments that are more documentary and others more visionary. I like to think of it as fluid, like the element I feel most akin to, water. So I imagine photos and words as waves that reach places and people, touch them, then retreat, leaving room for interpretation by those who receive them, and then perhaps return and spark memories and ideas, giving rise to new connections.

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