This series of photos was taken June 23-26, 2025, at the North End of Boston. During this duration, I also had the opportunity to travel to the South End, which includes works in this page. As I wandered around the public parks, shops, and rich Italian community, I observed subtle but meaningful interactions between people. 

The black and white images are experimental, assigning a somber tone to a lighthearted picture. I also experiment with portraits and close-up shots, as well as shots from far away.

 These photos capture sonder. Sonder is the realization that each passerby has a life as vivid and complex as your own, with their thoughts, feelings, and experiences. The theme of sonder is something new that I want to capture through photography. 

Along with sonder, I seek to capture motion. In a photograph, it's hard to snap a moving object. However, I attempted to do just that with the girls on the swing that you will see throughout the cycle of pictures.

Among the photos that I took at the North End of Boston, Lost In The Pages is my favorite by far. I, for one, love reading psychological horror. And these days, social media and technology play a huge role in our lives that books are almost a forgotten form of media. 

I spotted this man immersed in his book, and I felt inspired to read more often as well. As much as I would love to read all day every day, school work catches up.

 The lighting on the trees in the background gives the feeling of a portal somehow, working together with the darkness of the brick wall. It almost looks like a fairytale. The bench that this man is sitting on serves as leading line, directing the eye of the viewer towards the man. This photo, I think, has an alluring and ethereal nature to it that I can't explain.