Silent Shadows

• Photographer
  Michael Sela
• Agency / Studio
  Trust The Contrast
• Technical Info
  Pentax Asahi Spotmatic. 35mm Fomapan R1 Film. 1:1.4/50 Super Takumar Lens.
• Photo Date
  June 2014

This body of work, expressed through black and white photography, does not seek to document the past, comment on the present, or predict the future. Without the distraction of color or time, the images settle into a space of stillness—open, quiet, and introspective. The intention is not to guide the viewer toward a fixed meaning, but to offer room for reflection and emotional connection. Each frame invites presence rather than interpretation.

At the age of 17, Michael Sela (born 1998) Equipped with a Pentax film camera his father gave him, he embarks on a journey for the sole purpose of photography. This journey also takes place in Japan, his current home. Sela's photographs express sentimental and magical emotions at the same time. His photographs are a means of connecting with a different, distant Japanese reality, but which are also very intimate. He knows most of the people he photographs, and for him photography is capturing small moments in their midst. Biography by "Tikotin Museum" Chief Curator, Dr. Etty Glass Gisis.