The city does not belong solely to humans
In the urban sprawl, beyond the visible dominance of human life, there exist other often overlooked “residents.” Through a deliberate and focused photographic gaze, I seek to examine these non-human inhabitants, challenging the boundaries between the constructed world we control and the natural world that persists within it. As modern cities expand and nature recedes at unprecedented rates, animals are increasingly domesticated, reduced to fulfilling human emotional needs, their roles in our lives now defined by utility rather than mutual existence.
This project aims to provoke a deeper reflection on this evolving relationship. In a time when animals are assimilated into the framework of human convenience, they cease to be wild beings and instead become emotional commodities—comforting presences within a world that is often disconnected from the natural order. I put focus on animals themselves and for the way we perceive and interact with the natural world, hoping to create a visual dialogue that invites viewers to reconsider their understanding of coexistence. These images serve as mediators between the human and the animal residents we share the city with. By observing “the other urban residents” within the world create by human will I seek to question not only how they adapt to our spaces, but also how we, in turn, might be shaped by their presence, their dependence, and our own shifting sense of stewardship over the natural world.
在城市的扩张中，除了人类的显著主导地位之外，还有一些常常被忽视的“居民”存在。我通过一种有意识且集中的摄影视角，去审视这些非人类的居民，挑战我们所控制的人工世界与其中仍然存在的自然世界之间的边界。随着现代城市的扩张和自然的急剧退缩，动物们日益被驯化，逐渐被简化为满足人类情感需求的工具，它们在我们生活中的角色由互惠关系转变为单方面的利用。
这个项目旨在引发对这一演变关系的更深入反思。在一个动物逐渐被整合进人类便利体系的时代，它们不再是野生的存在，而是成为情感商品——在一个日益脱离自然秩序的世界中提供安慰。我将重点放在这些动物身上，以及我们对自然世界的感知与互动，试图通过这些影像创造一种视觉对话，邀请观众重新思考共存的意义。这些照片在我们与城市中共享空间的动物居民之间充当了中介。通过观察这些在由人类意志构建的世界中生活的“其他城市居民”，我不仅希望探讨它们如何适应我们的空间，也希望思考它们的存在、依赖性，以及我们对自然界责任感的转变，如何反过来塑造我们自身。
Film photography.