NIGHT WONDERING

“Nightly Wanderings” offers a contemplative gaze into urban spaces emptied of human presence, where houses, alleyways, and open areas remain uninhabited yet resonate with echoes of longing—the memory of children who once filled them with vitality, innocence, and the exuberance of life. Captured with exceptionally long exposures, the photographs render any passing people invisible; in effect, human presence becomes transparent, leaving only traces of movement, memory, and energy behind.The series operates as a philosophical and cinematic analogy: when a film is fast-forwarded, a passing train vanishes from view, leaving only the tracks—raising the question: does the train truly exist, or is it merely motion, memory, and suggestion? Similarly, these images explore the boundaries between the visible and invisible, presence and recollection, time and eternity, inviting viewers to engage with the dialogue between past and present, and with the human energy that permeates spaces even when no one is visibly there.