Crystal Clear

"Crystal Clear" is a fascinating monograph that showcases the work of young Swiss artist Maya Rochat. In this work, Rochat explores the depths of the photographic surface through a combination of analog and digital image compositions. Her works are characterized by a radical association, weaving together self-written elements and foreign image fragments. Portraits of friends and landscape shots merge into dense, intimate image textures that she processes with surgical precision. The bitter-sweet visual universe presented in "Crystal Clear" eludes conventional interpretive patterns and questions traditional ideals of beauty. Maya Rochat, born in 1985, lives and works in Lausanne and Geneva, using photography, collage, and video as her primary media.