‘The Depths’ explores the growing divide between our internal worlds, our digital communities, and the physical act of navigating busy Dublin streets, often detached from our immediate environment and the people within it.
As a street photographer capturing candid moments, I consistently found individuals absorbed elsewhere; my camera and I were rarely noticed. This experience, where no one confronted or questioned my photography, underscores the theme: a populace lost in thought or consumed by digital distractions.
In this series, motion blur and soft focus intentionally dramatise this constant, often unconscious, physical movement—people in a rush, seemingly disconnected from the present moment. Furthermore, the use of high-contrast black and white emphasises the stark contrast between these diverging realities: the inner versus the outer, the digital versus the physical.
