Shannon Tomasik is a photographer from Grand Haven, Michigan, who doesn’t just shoot; her constant need that comes from deep down and that led her to conceive Instagram as an intimate and intense diary.

The artist writes with light using a 35 mm film camera, to produce shots that are then shared on social networks: yes, because sharing becomes an important, indispensable phase, which reinforces the dense scenes of emotional charge that Shannon captures.

Suspended moments, memories and reflections, the relationship of love-hate with one’s own body, the pursuit of light, perhaps an elusive hope. Shannon Tomasik has to share her pain, the emptiness of a room, the emotion of being with someone, and she does so using a cinematic aesthetic, which she herself has often called almost indie.

If you haven’t done so yet, take a look at the artist’s Instagram profile here.