Uroš Abram Photography

The series Made in Me explores the premise that creativity does not rely on sophisticated photographic equipment but on the conceptual and mental act of seeing. Its theoretical foundation lies in Roland Barthes’ assertion in Camera Lucida that photography is “born in the mind, not in the camera,” as well as in the early history of photography, when image-making was both a scientific experiment and a poetic pursuit. In this project, the human body becomes both instrument and site of creation. A literal camera obscura is constructed within the mouth, transforming an organ traditionally associated with speech into one of vision. This inversion turns the act of photographing into an intimate, corporeal performance. A convergence of perception, materiality, and reflection. Photography, stripped of its technical apparatus, returns to a primordial state, suggesting that vision originates internally before it manifests externally. Central to the project is the embrace of imperfection, limitation, and chance as essential components of creativity. Elements such as saliva, frame misalignment (due to the absence of a viewfinder), and uncertain exposure times are not treated as flaws but as intrinsic to the process. These accidental factors become part of the work’s aesthetic and conceptual vocabulary. The image emerges not from control but from vulnerability and the unpredictable negotiation between body and medium. Creativity here reveals itself precisely within the conditions of constraint, where technological precision gives way to the organic instability of the human gesture. Ultimately, Made in Me reflects on the ontology of photography itself. It asks where the photographic act truly begins, whether in the machine, the mind, or the body—and to what extent the creative impulse remains rooted in human perception, endurance, and the physical act of making.