HIS MOTHER’S SPIRIT PHOTO

For years, I’ve followed the pioneering work of Sonia Rinaldi. When I first discovered her, she was deeply immersed in Electronic Voice Phenomenon (EVP)—a field I was only beginning to explore. Like many, I was moved by stories of spirit contact and the quiet persistence of those who listen beyond the veil.

Around that same time, I was experimenting with what I called “projection photos.” I’d project an image of Prince onto a wall and pose beside it, capturing a kind of spiritual duet in self-portraits. One day, something extraordinary happened: during one of these sessions, Prince’s image appeared on camera not as a flat projection on the wall, but as a translucent overlay—a spectral layer superimposed directly over my own form.

That experience sparked an idea: what if we could use projection and steam as a medium for spirit imagery? As a former art student, I’d worked with projections and installation art, so the concept felt like a natural extension of my creative exploration. I imagined a spherical chamber filled with mist, shaped by multiple projectors to capture fleeting forms. I never built it—but the idea stayed with me, lingering in the back of my mind like an unfinished sketch.