SOLITUDE

Spring 2020

Solitude is a photo series about the paradoxical idea of feeling lonely and isolated in the country’s most populated city. It consists of a group of images taken around New York City of architecture, storefronts, and still life. As well as scenes of loneliness and both the absence and presence of sociality. The images of architecture reflect the ways in which the physical space and form of the urban space promote feelings of loneliness, isolation, and solitude. The images of still life and storefronts show ways in which these ideas and feelings can be found in even the most lifeless parts of the city as if these lifeless objects are experiencing the loneliness of the city too. And images of people spending time together are included to reflect how the presence of people can remind you of your loneliness. When I first started photographing for this series, I didn’t really have an idea of what the final result would be about. But after spending almost two months in quarantine alone and editing hundreds of images, studying them to better define the feeling I was going after, and then going out with my new ideas in mind to create more intentional images of these ideas, I’ve learned that it’s about solitude.