THE LIVES OF OTHERS

This project is a study in urban voyeurism—the quiet, often unspoken fascination with the lit window at night. It explores the magnetic pull of other people's private moments, framed by the architecture of the city. There is a specific intimacy in watching a stranger who believes they are unobserved; the window becomes a proscenium stage, and the viewer, a silent audience member.

While the scenes appear to be stolen glances into real apartments, they are entirely constructed realities. The figures are photographed in isolation within the controlled environment of the studio, then meticulously composited into digitally created backgrounds. This separation of subject and setting allows for a heightened, almost hyper-real aesthetic. By artificially constructing the "view," I can control the narrative of the private space, stripping away the noise of the real world to focus entirely on the mood of the solitary figure.

"The Lives of Others" questions the boundaries between public and private in a dense urban landscape. By placing these studio-lit figures into digital tenement windows and high-rise apartments, the work highlights our collective disconnection. We are physically close enough to see into each other's lives, yet emotionally distant enough that these glimpses remain fictions—stories we invent about the people living just across the street.