Still•ness

Evva Sofia Pereira Liapis

A high-angle, black and white photograph shows a person in a fetal position, submerged in water within a white oval bathtub. Their long, dark, wavy hair cascades over their back and floats in the water, obscuring their face. Chrome fixtures, including a faucet, knobs, and a grab bar, are visible on the rim of the tub. The white tub stands out against the surrounding dark bathroom, which features small black square tiles on the floor and wall.

Still•ness is a photographic exploration of the female body in a state of contemplation and exhaustion, using the bathtub as a physical manifestation of emotional captivity. A woman sits exhausted, hunched over in a white porcelain tub. As she bathes the scratches and marks left from her hands on her body are visible. Her shoulders roll into her body, arms wrapped around her legs. She waits for a moment and gazes at her reflection in the silver hardware of the tub. Movement is slow but painful.
The bathtub is an intimate, yet isolating space. It becomes a metaphor for confinement and introspection. The body is captured in stillness or tension, reflecting both physical exhaustion and psychological pause. These images construct a visual narrative that explores complexities in the relationship between the body and the space it occupies. This process creates an emotional map, a sort of psychological cartography that marks the boundaries of feelings of isolation, vulnerability, and strength.

    About The Artist

    A graphic with a dark blue, grainy background fading to light blue and white. The word 'Inhale' is prominently displayed in solid white text, while 'Exhale' appears directly below it in a fading, semi-transparent white text, suggesting a visual representation of breathing.

    Evva Sofia Pereira Liapis

    Evva Sofia Pereira Liapis is a photographer whose practice lives between documentary and conceptual realms. She is guided by a desire to tell the stories that often slip beneath the surface. Her work traces the quiet conversations between the body and the mind, lingering where emotional weight becomes physical. She is drawn to the untold and the unseen, the narratives that are not immediately recognizable to the naked eye, approaching storytelling as an act of noticing, slowing down, and revealing.

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