I often find myself taking pictures late at night. Restless, I trade sleep for peace of mind, as I walk to ease the tensions from the previous day. There is a comfort in aimlessly walking. Not having a set destination enables my destination to be anywhere, and my duration to be as long or as short as I please. But to be entirely alone with my thoughts is a terrifying concept, so I bring my camera to give my brain something else to think about. Since these walks happen after the majority of the population is already fast asleep, I rarely find myself in the company of strangers, and I instead get to see the world as if it were empty. I come upon places that would be occupied without interruption during normal daylight hours.
I find the task of looking back through these photographs to occasionally be somewhat eerie. Even though I know that at least one person was there (myself), it still feels as if these pictures capture objects or places that were built specifically for human use, but in the moment are simply unrealized potential. When people aren't where people should be, it feels like witnessing a momentary ghost town: a temporary glimpse at a peace and silence that will break simultaneously with daylight.
Thank you for reading and observing, those of you who did. I am a new photographer, and I am having a lot of fun learning how to post on Hive as well as take good pictures. I may follow this post up with a more deliberate collection of the same ideas in the future.
