Instruction:
Adi Brande

For his graduate project, Oded Daniely recreates the experiences of sleep paralysis he had in his youth. Daniely translates the experience of paralysis into photographic images of his naked body, exposed and vulnerable, in positions he experienced during the paralysis. He tries to recreate the terror he felt using nude photographs manipulated with various studio photography techniques. The black-and-white photographs are displayed on a one-to-one ratio with Daniely’s body. The images “float” in the frame on a black background, hollow and opaque, which emphasizes the body’s disconnection during paralysis.

Photo: Achikam Ben-Yosef