These untitled paintings are part of an ongoing exploration created on discarded and expired floppy disks using acrylic paint. During the most active years of my life as a photojournalist, photography demanded almost all of my time, leaving little space for sustained work in other mediums. Yet the urge to paint never disappeared. Whenever brief moments appeared between assignments, I turned to whatever material was at hand, and the obsolete floppy disk became an unexpected canvas.

The choice of the floppy disk is both practical and symbolic. Once a vital tool for storing memories and information, it now belongs to a forgotten technological era. By painting expressive human faces on these discarded surfaces, I attempt to give them a renewed presence and meaning. The works speak of memory, survival, change, and the traces we leave behind.

The faces emerge instinctively through layers of color, gesture, and emotion. They are not portraits of specific individuals but reflections of human resilience, vulnerability, and endurance. The limited size of the floppy disk demands spontaneity and economy, encouraging a direct and intuitive approach to mark-making.
Years of Endurance – Continued is, in many ways, a parallel journey to my photographic practice—a reminder that creative expression often finds its way through the smallest spaces, carrying forward stories, emotions, and fragments of lived experience.