IN ROBERTA’S CASE

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The Roberta Session explores the dialogue between fashion, architecture and visual composition through a series of photographs created inside an abandoned railway station. Rather than documenting a location, the project transforms the space into a minimal stage where gesture, posture and negative space become the true protagonists.
Inspired by contemporary editorial photography while remaining rooted in Simon Joyce's visual language, the series investigates balance, tension and ambiguity. The abandoned environment is never the subject itself, but a silent structure that amplifies the presence of the model and the emotional distance within each frame.
Each photograph seeks simplicity rather than spectacle, allowing light, geometry and expression to construct a visual narrative open to interpretation. Continue exploring the Parallel Universes project through the downloadable PDF edition of The Roberta Session, collectible fine art prints and future visual experiments expanding the photographic universe of SJ.
Black and white photo of a woman with dark hair, large earrings, and multiple beaded necklaces, covering her face with both hands, with her eyes visible.
Black-and-white photo of a woman with dark, wavy hair, posing in front of a graffiti-covered wall. She is wearing a patterned mesh dress with lace details, large earrings, and has cropped her arm out of the frame.
A woman with long hair wearing a necklace and a sleeveless top stretching her arms out, with her hair covering part of her face, against a dark background.
A black-and-white photograph of a woman with curly hair, sitting outdoors near a stone wall. She appears to be enjoying the sunlight with her eyes closed, with her arms stretched behind her back. The background is dark while her profile and clothing are well-lit.
A woman with dark, wavy hair and tattoos is standing in front of an arched stone doorway with her arms outstretched and her hands touching the stone edges. She is wearing a sleeveless top, a skirt, and high-heeled shoes, with necklaces around her neck. The photo is in black and white, and the woman is standing outdoors, surrounded by wild plants and grasses.
A woman with dark hair and earrings leaning against a graffiti-covered wall in black and white
Black and white illustration of a woman's face with short hair, wearing earrings and jewelry, with a book title 'In Roberta's Case' and author's name 'Simon Joyce' at the top.
A woman standing in front of a graffiti-covered wall. She has short dark hair, wears a sleeveless lace dress, and accessorizes with multiple necklaces and earrings. Her hands frame her face.
Black and white photo of a young woman with curly hair, looking at the camera, wearing a chain necklace and earrings, with dark background.
A woman with dark hair in a tank top and lace skirt stands against a graffiti-covered wall with her eyes closed and one arm raised above her head. The wall features various tags, including a prominent heart shape.
A woman with dark hair and makeup, wearing a sleeveless white mesh top and multiple necklaces, takes a selfie against a graffiti-covered wall with drips and splatters in black and white.
A woman standing on railway tracks holding a large straw hat, with trees and power lines in the background, in black and white.
A woman in casual clothing and sandals crouches on a railway track among trees and telephone poles, with her head tilted downward and her arms resting on her knees.
Black and white photo of a woman with dark, shoulder-length hair, wearing a sleeveless top and a long skirt, sitting on a ledge in a dark, empty doorway. She has one leg extended and the other bent, with her foot resting on the ledge. The woman is looking towards the camera with an intense expression. There are plants and flowers in the foreground.
A black and white photo of a woman with shoulder-length hair, wearing large earrings, layered necklaces, and a sleeveless, netted top. She is outdoors near train tracks, with trees and power lines in the background, looking directly at the camera.
A black and white photo of a person with dark hair, expressive eyes, wearing earrings, partially covered by a woven hat and face covering, outdoors with trees in the background.
A woman with dark, wavy hair and earrings posing outdoors against a stone wall, with strong sunlight highlighting her face and sleeveless top.
A person standing on train tracks, wearing a large sunhat and dress, with one hand on their hip and the other adjusting the hat, outdoors with trees in the background
A woman with dark, wet hair and multiple necklaces, wearing a sleeveless, patterned top, standing on a railroad track outdoors with trees and a metal structure in the background.
A black and white close-up photo of a smiling woman with dark hair, outdoors with trees in the background, wearing a hat and a white mesh top.
Black and white photo of a woman's face with intense eyes, wearing a woven hat or scarf covering part of her face, with text about a photography project underneath. 
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Model: Roberta Cuna

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THE BATHROOM SESSION

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The Bathroom Session explores intimacy, vulnerability and emotional presence through quiet photographic compositions suspended between contemporary photography, editorial storytelling and fine art visual research.
Set within private interior spaces, the project investigates the relationship between body, atmosphere, reflections and psychological tension. Bathrooms become temporary emotional environments where silence, imperfection and human presence coexist naturally.
Rather than presenting a linear narrative, the series builds a fragmented visual experience shaped by gestures, textures, light and emotional ambiguity, expanding our photographic universe into a more intimate and parallel dimension.
Silhouette of a woman with long hair facing away, wearing a thong and holding her arms out to the sides against a plain background.
A woman with long dark hair, wearing a cream-colored bra and black underwear, standing against a tiled wall with tattoos on her arm and a navel piercing.
A woman with long dark hair, closed eyes, and a nose piercing, wearing a white bra, posing with her hands in her hair against a tiled background.
Black and white photo of a woman wearing a bra and lace underwear, with tattoos on her arm, sitting against a tiled wall.
Woman in a white top relaxing with her eyes closed and hands behind her head
Close-up of a person in black lace underwear, showing their lower back and upper thighs, with a tiled wall in the background.
A black and white photo of a woman with long hair, wearing a white bra, posing with one arm behind her head and her face partially hidden by her arm, against tiled walls.
A woman with dark hair and tattoos lying on a tiled floor, wearing black lingerie and a white bra, with her eyes closed and arms behind her head.
A woman with dark hair looking into a illuminated mirror, where her reflection shows her wearing a lace dress, jewelry, and a large bow headband.
A woman with long dark hair and red lipstick poses with her hands on her head, wearing a white bra, black lace panties with straps, white sneakers, and a belly button piercing, against a tiled wall.
A woman with long dark hair, seen from behind, standing in a dimly lit bathroom, looking at a mirror that reflects her face. She is wearing a beige strapless dress and has a tattoo on her upper left arm. The bathroom has a grey tiled wall, a white sink with a red liquid soap dispenser, and a mirror with bright lighting.
Black and white photo of a woman with long dark hair, wearing lingerie with straps, posing with her eyes closed against a tiled wall.
A woman with long dark hair and fair skin, wearing a white bra and black lingerie, standing against a light-colored wall with her eyes closed and one arm raised above her head.
A woman lying on the floor of a tiled room, her hair spread out, looking at the camera with her hands behind her head, wearing a white tank top and black underwear.
A woman with dark hair and a nose ring laying against a tiled wall, with pink and blue lighting illumination.
A woman with long dark hair lying on a pink tiled floor, wearing lingerie, with her arms raised behind her head, illuminated by pink and purple lighting.
Black and white photo of a woman with dark hair, wearing a white bra, lying against a tiled wall, holding her hair back with both hands, with a serious expression and tattoos on her arm. 
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Model: Aurora Muolo

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A photographic series exploring structures — natural, industrial and symbolic — at the moment they begin to collapse.

CONTROLLED DISINTEGRATION

Controlled Disintegration investigates the transformation of everyday structures into symbolic forms.

The series begins with ordinary objects and familiar fragments of the material world. Through minimal compositions, controlled framing and visual manipulation, their original identities gradually disappear. A surface becomes a landscape; a texture suggests a forest; a repeated form evokes an eye, a network or a distant celestial system.

The photographs occupy a space between recognition and abstraction. They remain rooted in something real, yet resist being understood literally. What appears familiar at first begins to shift as the image is isolated from its original context. The object is no longer important for what it is, but for what it can become.

This process of transformation is central to the series. By reducing visual information and concentrating on shape, repetition, texture and structure, the photographs encourage the viewer to construct new associations. Meaning is not imposed by the image; it emerges through perception.

The title Controlled Disintegration refers to this deliberate loss of identity. Disintegration suggests the collapse of an existing structure, while control implies that the process is neither accidental nor entirely destructive. The original form is dismantled, but something else takes its place.

The series therefore explores the fragile boundary between order and collapse, recognition and abstraction. Structures dissolve, familiar references become uncertain, and new meanings emerge from what remains.

Ultimately, Controlled Disintegration is an exploration of how little needs to change for the familiar to become strange — and how easily an ordinary object can become something entirely different when we change the way we look at it.

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MINOS
ALL BIRDS ARE BLACK
MEDUSA'S HEAD
MIRROR DIMENSION
MODERN FOREST
ORBITS
RAH'S EYE
SPIDER'S UNIVERSE
SURFACE 01

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