Broken Soul

BROKEN SOUL documents the psychological fragmentation of contemporary identity under the pressure of consumerist culture. Through intentional camera movement and ethereal portraiture, this series explores how higher human ideals—compassion, authenticity, spiritual depth—gradually dissolve when confronted with systems that prioritise material accumulation over meaningful existence. Each portrait represents a distinct phase of this dissolution. Opening images capture subjects in protective concealment, hands shielding faces as if visibility itself has become unbearable. The deliberate blur transforms defensive gestures into visual metaphors for the mind's retreat from overwhelming external demands. As the series progresses, individual features disappear entirely, creating anonymous silhouettes that suggest the complete erasure of personality under societal homogenization. The final images present haunting traces of former selves—ghostly remnants echoing with memory of deeper values once held sacred. These function both as elegy and warning, mourning what has been lost while confronting viewers with the ongoing cost of prioritising wealth over wisdom, performance over presence. Emerging from personal experience navigating identity in an age of constant commodification, Broken Soul addresses the silent epidemic of spiritual emptiness affecting contemporary life. The warm, muted palette serves as a nostalgic reminder of humanity that existed before this dissolution began. This work invites contemplation on the fragility of inner values and challenges viewers to consider: In a world dominated by surface-level interactions and material pursuits, what becomes of the soul? And perhaps more urgently—what will we do to preserve it?