Up Close, Apart

This series examines close-range encounters within crowded public environments, where proximity compresses space and makes faces, gestures, and direction of gaze increasingly legible. The photographs focus on how attention is distributed—where it settles, where it drifts, and where it is withheld—as individuals move through shared space while remaining oriented elsewhere. Across these moments, glances pass without meeting, expressions register without response, and gestures unfold without acknowledgment; proximity heightens visibility but not connection. The images trace how attention diverges even at close range, shaping a public space defined less by interaction than by parallel, unshared experience.