A Seat At The Table

• Photographer
  Ieva Gaile

An elderly woman is depicted arranging chairs outside a café. Despite her age and physical discomfort, she remains focused and appears to be uninterested in her surroundings. Her concentration suggests a sense of dedication and routine in her actions. It symbolizes how, over the years, the world has seemingly shrunk for her, with the café becoming the central focal point of her life.The image captures a moment frozen in time, where the woman’s dedication to her task speaks volumes about commitment, resilience, and finding meaning in the seemingly mundane aspects of city life.

I‘m a 29-year-old lawyer from Vilnius, Lithuania. Despite following a different career path, I never lost sight of my childhood dream to become an architect. As I wandered the city streets, especially during the pandemic, I rediscovered my love for shaping the space according to my taste and understanding through photography. It allows me to play freely with forms, angles, and relationships of different structures without the constraints of functionality that come with architecture. Rather than taking a documentary approach, I use reality as my canvas and create my own interpretation of space