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Photographer
Maria Siorba
Blank Verse
Photographer
Maria Siorba
Blank Verse
Photographer
Maria Siorba
Blank Verse
Photographer
Maria Siorba
Blank Verse
Photographer
Maria Siorba
Blank Verse
Photographer
Maria Siorba
Blank Verse
Photographer
Maria Siorba
Blank Verse
Photographer
Maria Siorba
Blank Verse
Photographer
Maria Siorba
Blank Verse
Photographer
Maria Siorba
Blank Verse
Photographer
Maria Siorba
Blank Verse
Gomma Photography Grant 2025 Finalists

Gomma Photography Grant 2025

Blank Verse

Photographer

Maria Siorba

Blank Verse

14 Feb, 2026

Blank Verse is a visual inquiry into the human need to understand, not as a process leading to resolution, but as an ongoing state of being. The photographs approach knowledge as something perpetually unfinished, an open dialogue between what we see and what we intuit. Inspired by the uneasy emotions that arise from our inability to truly comprehend or perceive others or ourselves, the work moves through portraits, still lives and quiet scenes, tracing the shifting nature of perception and the realization that understanding often arrives only as a whisper. Here, photography ceases to serve as proof; it becomes a reflective space where the distance between seeing and experiencing turns into a field of encounter. Within this field, Blank Verse observes how thought touches and shapes the immaterial and how the inner motion of awareness leaves traces of light in the outer world. From the edge of perceiving inner phenomena to questioning the position of the observer, the work investigates the invisible connections that link feelings to images; a silent flow of telepathic reflections, magnetic pulls, and metaphysical illuminations becomes the only way to expose uncertainty while, at the same time, attempting to accept it.

About the photographer

Maria Siorba

Maria Siorba (b. 1986) is a visual artist based in Athens, Greece, with an educational background in Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Communication and Cultural Management. Her photography, deeply tied to personal experience, explores the fluidity of truth, human connections, the fragility of self-expression. She uses photography as a psychological and existential tool to uncover new layers of meaning and emotional resonance. She is a Futures artist since '23 nominated by Void, and her work has been presented at Open Doors Gallery, ’25 (UK), Liquida Photo Festival '25 (IT), Athens Photo Festival ’20 & ’24 (GR), Circulations Festival ’24 (FR), PhMuseum Days ’23 (IT), PEP group show ’24 & ’25 (BE, DE), Der Greif Magazine, Issue 16 & website, Conservatoire De Paris Magazine and more.