Gone & Leaving, 2023
Handmade Accordion Photo Art Book
1125cm x 32cm
Who are we in unfamiliar places, and what do we leave behind as we move forward?
Gone and Leaving is a visual diary that documents my experience of living in New York, capturing fleeting moments, relationships, and emotional shifts during a period of transition. Using both analog and digital photography, the project merges documentary and introspective approaches, portraying the city not as a backdrop but as a mirror of my inner world. It’s about what it means to be present while already halfway gone. How people, places, and memories blur together when you’re both holding on and letting go.​​​​​​​
The work includes portraits of friends and lovers, often incomplete — fragments of bodies, shadows, reflections — hinting at the intimacy and distance that coexist in many of these relationships. Through photography, I try to preserve what’s already slipping away, fully aware that nothing can truly be held in place. Some images carry a warmth that feels like home, others reflect disconnection and uncertainty.
The project takes the form of a double-sided accordion photobook: the first half moves forward in time, the second moves backward. This structure reflects the circular, nonlinear experience of memory and change, where endings often look like beginnings and leaving can feel like returning.
Handwritten notes, collage, found materials, and text are woven throughout the book, adding layers to the narrative and grounding the photographs in lived experience.
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