Apparitions

Apparitions is a photographic project that surveys grief, depression and mental health in quiet woodland settings. These images are haunted by absences—trails of light or shadow that suggest presence where there is void, emotional tremor rather than overt gesture. Inspired by the Japanese photographer Tokihiro Satō, the work borrows his long exposures and method of marking time and movement with light, without revealing the human form. Forest paths, moss-covered trunks, mist-laden clearings become sites of storytelling: the inner self reflected in external silence. Apparitions asks: how do loss, memory, and unseen suffering inhabit our landscapes?