“Touch the floor and lick your finger” aims to reveal the anxiety, isolation, and contradictions embedded in the lived experience of fear of contamination (germophobia). Each image in this series examines the tension between the constant desire for cleanliness and the overwhelming sense of unease that accompanies it. By focusing on everyday objects, compulsive washing, selective eating and touch, this project examines the thought processes behind seemingly simple daily actions, which can become ritualistic, obsessive, and exhausting when influenced by an anxious state of mind.
