Seen From Behind
(Street Photography)

A view from behind: faces hidden, emotions held in suspense. Photographing from the back is an act of apparent subtraction that opens into something larger — without a face to guide us toward a specific feeling, each image becomes an empty space where the viewer pours their own experience. Sorrow, joy, contemplation — everyone builds their own story.

There is also an ethical dimension to this choice: removing the subject’s visual identity returns them to anonymity, turning individuals into universal figures. Seen from behind, oriented toward a sea, a staircase, a horizon, they become archetypes — the man, the woman, any one of us facing the world. Not portraits, but mirrors.