Photography

As someone who travels often by train, I began to notice the people around me more closely: small gestures, expressions and moments that usually go unnoticed. The train is a shared yet deeply personal space, where strangers sit side by side, each absorbed in their own inner world. The series captures fragments of these worlds, exploring anonymity, shared space and the silent stories that pass by on everyday journeys.

The admission exam asked for a photographic exploration of "Generational Dialogue in the Digital Age". Communication was once personal and physical: visits, a shared cup of coffee, letters and phone calls. Today, presence is often a birthday post or a short message, and an afternoon coffee can become a video call. The series looks at both sides of this change: older people trying to find their place in a digital world, and younger people for whom that world is part of reality. Set between Nuremberg and Sorocaba, Brazil, it contrasts physical closeness with emotional distance, and moves beyond generational judgement toward a more empathetic view of how we all live with screens.

Modern image culture is driven by consumption. In advertising, food and fashion photography share the same visual language: glossy surfaces, saturated colour, dramatic light and details made to look irresistible. These images no longer describe the product; they exist to catch the eye and trigger desire. The series takes this logic literally and combines jewellery with food: rings on a tomato, earrings on a slice of watermelon, a chain dripping from a pastry. Everything looks luxurious and appetising, yet none of it can be eaten.