It is my hypothesis that contemporary portrait photography retains its mystical potency, neither to reveal a truth, nor to answer a question, not to support a belief but, in Carl Gustav Jung’s words "to cultivate thoughts that can never be proved".
This is the presentation given on the 15th of May 2018 at the London College of Communication about the process behind the conception and production of Luminous Numinous. The portrait photography series 'Luminous Numinous' explores the metaphysical aspects of human identity overlooked by optical secularism.