What We Leave Behind
This photo series explores the theme of emigration and the inevitable loss it brings. It examines the subtle traces left behind when physical presence disappears, yet emotions and memories remain. A coffee cup no longer shared with loved ones, shoes waiting for someone who may never return - these quiet scenes carry the weight of unspoken words and emotions.
The black-and-white photographs emphasize nostalgia and the emotional heaviness of departure. The objects shown are silent witnesses to relationships once shared, rituals still repeated but now filled with emptiness.
This work reflects personal experience, the departure, and the act of staying behind. While some leave physically, part of them remain through the traces they've left. The theme touches questions of what we truly leave behind when we go and whether it's worth the loss.
