A portrait suspended between joy and weariness. The contrast between the vibrant advertisement and the subdued, paint-splattered musician speaks of a city that performs beauty over brokenness.

Photography, to me, is an act of seeing and unseeing. It is about learning to look beyond what is easily noticed, to question what we take for granted, and to bring attention to what is often overlooked. In a world saturated with images, I want my work to invite pause, to make people reflect on what emotions reveal, what they conceal, and how empathy can begin in the simple act of looking closely.

This image does exactly that!