This is an extensive collection of self-portraits which I continue to make 365 days a year. The project has been ongoing since 1999. It always employs approximately the same technique and always has the date on the picture. These daily pictures are interrupted by what I call ‘blackouts’ or ‘black days': days which I prefer not to be reminded of, or whose circumstances I wish to remain in the dark.

I initially conceived this in 1997 as a loose series. I photographed myself handheld, but without the date and not daily. Towards the end of 1998 the idea took on a more concrete nature. The idea is simple: like others, I forget feelings and events quickly. In my early days I kept a diary to assure I could recreate certain moments in my mind. Nowadays, instead of writing, I photograph my diary. In this way I can partly remember where I was when, and how I felt there.

These moments, which are very important for me, are retained through the photographs of my changing appearance and context, and become framed in time whilst also representing time‘s passage.

The project becomes an analysis of my identity through specific moments. In this effort to understand my own character I create a bigger picture of myself and raise further questions about the nature, and relationship, of change and identity. Publishing this work allows me to share these questions with a larger audience.I would like to publish this work to date simultaneously, split into years. From then on, to annually release the previous year‘s portraits in order to continue a life-work that follows me every day.