ELSEWHERE

People I met
along the way.

Not a directory of portraits. A record of attention: work, movement, conversation, and the brief permission of a photograph.

A food vendor works behind a small counter

Encounters,
not profiles.

Names and places will appear only when known and appropriate. Until then, the photograph remains without invented biography.

A seated craftsperson works beside a window.
Work · Thailand
A young woman turns towards low evening light
Last light · La Réunion
Two people pause beside a motorcycle on a city street
Between one place and the next

Further
encounters.

Six more, from four countries. Work, movement, waiting — and the moment a stranger allowed a photograph.

A dancer in a straw hat turns mid-step in front of orange flowers.
Movement · Japan
Two women in white headscarves work over pans at a food counter.
Work
A man in a cap holds a cigarette at the edge of a doorway.
Waiting · Japan
A woman sits at a small table outside a shop hung with a red rug.
Afternoon · Essaouira
A man bends to drink, water falling from his mouth in low sun.
Thirst · Japan
A woman in a cap stands against dark volcanic rock.
Attention · Japan
All 88 photographs of people