Why?

Milenco’s photography is born from the tension between wanting to be disappear and simultaneously longing to be seen. He picked up a camera after seeing some analog photo’s a roommate had taken one day. From that moment onwards the ball started rolling. Photography became an excuse for him. It gave him reason to enter spaces, he normally felt too afraid to enter. Photography became a way to live the many different lives he wanted to live. It gave him excuses to go out into nightclubs till 6 in the morning, to go on tour throughout Europe, all behind the safety of a viewfinder. This duality can clearly be seen in his images. On the one hand there are the digital photo’s taken in the middle of the chaos and on the other hand there are the calmly taken analog photo’s taken during lonesome walks. He explores both extremes in his work. What is it you go looking for in the chaos of the night and what do you hope to find alone in the woods?