This photo series explores walking as both escape and confrontation. Taken across New York City, Arizona, and Japan, the images were created through repeated movement—through urban noise, empty landscapes, and unfamiliar terrains. Each photograph captures a moment where observation replaces participation.
Working with found analogue film and my grandfathers camera, the process is guided by intuition and limitation. The camera becomes a companion to the internal monologue, recording fragments of space rather than structured meaning. The act of walking creates distance from the pressures of knowing, deciding, or performing. These are not travel photos. They are visual residues of fleeing thought.
Not documentation, but temporary relief.
A way to see when seeing becomes too much.
When My Surroundings Turn Quiet
When my surroundings turn quiet And my tasks run out,
It’s my brain that remains
An entity not here,
But above.
Hoovering over my head, Finding unnecessary dialogue.
My body still, ready to flee, It learned to be passive,
To take responsibility,
My words lack the substance of knowing.
My advise often to let things be,
Making my body merely a vessel of resignation
I cry out for unknowing, Not knowing what I need, Wishing I knew less.
I walk around the city to be alone
I walk to observe.
Putting myself outside the world gives me control
Not having to find a place or position quiets my mind, from searching for the answers in all perspectives.
I ask my legs to carry the burden
Of my head’s constructions.
My back hurts, my knees ache
But nothing is worse than being in my head, where the structures I’ve built around living are binding me down.
Fragment I – Arizona, 2022
Photographed with an iPhone at the first stop of my Arizona trip, where I searched for places defined by absence. The images document openlandscapes, with only traces of former activity. A study in spatial silence and non-intervention.
Fragment II – New York City, 2023
Photographed on expired film found in the city, using my grandfather’s camera. Shot from in and around a diner I returned to daily, this series studies routine, urban stillness, and passive observation. A record of sitting still in a city built for movement. I’ve never felt that alone before
Fragment III – Hakone, Japan 2024
Captured during a walk through Hakone, using a second-hand Japanese film roll purchased in the town. The work explores intuitive image-making in a landscape that feels both modern and ancient. Hakone’s aesthetic, shaped by deep-rooted nature and a fascination with France? This fragment holds that dissonance: a place that performs familiarity while remaining unreadable.
