Where it ends it begins
2024
The project is a visual study of intimacy in old age and the poetics of impermanence. Set in the raw, mist-covered landscape of the forest, elderly couples are portrayed in quiet acts of connection — leaning on one another, moving together in slow, tender dances, merging into a near-ritualistic state of being. The cold, muted tones and natural light evoke not only the starkness of the environment but also the distilled essence of human connection in the later stages of life. The series seeks to reframe visual narratives of aging and intimacy, offering a contemplative exploration of the graceful beauty of decline and a return to nature as a symbolic passage into the final chapters of existence. It holds particular relevance in today’s world, where increasingly individualistic societies and a youth-oriented visual culture often render the beauty and emotional depth of old age invisible. Social narratives around aging rarely portray elderly individuals as emotionally engaged, relationally rich beings. This series seeks to fill that gap — through the gesture of returning to nature, it not only celebrates human connection in its most distilled form but also quietly challenges the alienation inherent in contemporary life. As such, the project serves not only as an aesthetic endeavor but also as a subtle social statement: that the final stages of life can be seen not as a loss, but as a dignified return to something essential, elemental, and profoundly human.
The project is a visual study of intimacy in old age and the poetics of impermanence. Set in the raw, mist-covered landscape of the forest, elderly couples are portrayed in quiet acts of connection — leaning on one another, moving together in slow, tender dances, merging into a near-ritualistic state of being. The cold, muted tones and natural light evoke not only the starkness of the environment but also the distilled essence of human connection in the later stages of life. The series seeks to reframe visual narratives of aging and intimacy, offering a contemplative exploration of the graceful beauty of decline and a return to nature as a symbolic passage into the final chapters of existence. It holds particular relevance in today’s world, where increasingly individualistic societies and a youth-oriented visual culture often render the beauty and emotional depth of old age invisible. Social narratives around aging rarely portray elderly individuals as emotionally engaged, relationally rich beings. This series seeks to fill that gap — through the gesture of returning to nature, it not only celebrates human connection in its most distilled form but also quietly challenges the alienation inherent in contemporary life. As such, the project serves not only as an aesthetic endeavor but also as a subtle social statement: that the final stages of life can be seen not as a loss, but as a dignified return to something essential, elemental, and profoundly human.
The project is a visual study of intimacy in old age and the poetics of impermanence. Set in the raw, mist-covered landscape of the forest, elderly couples are portrayed in quiet acts of connection — leaning on one another, moving together in slow, tender dances, merging into a near-ritualistic state of being. The cold, muted tones and natural light evoke not only the starkness of the environment but also the distilled essence of human connection in the later stages of life. The series seeks to reframe visual narratives of aging and intimacy, offering a contemplative exploration of the graceful beauty of decline and a return to nature as a symbolic passage into the final chapters of existence. It holds particular relevance in today’s world, where increasingly individualistic societies and a youth-oriented visual culture often render the beauty and emotional depth of old age invisible. Social narratives around aging rarely portray elderly individuals as emotionally engaged, relationally rich beings. This series seeks to fill that gap — through the gesture of returning to nature, it not only celebrates human connection in its most distilled form but also quietly challenges the alienation inherent in contemporary life. As such, the project serves not only as an aesthetic endeavor but also as a subtle social statement: that the final stages of life can be seen not as a loss, but as a dignified return to something essential, elemental, and profoundly human.



























