Where Strangers Don’t Meet

• Photographer
  Rebekah Helton
• Technical Info
  F/2.4, 1/60 Sec, Iso 400
• Photo Date
  8 August 2023

The London Underground, time stretches yet seems to stall. Faces turn inward, guarded and distant from others, arms folded, hands clasped and thoughts hidden as travelers counts the minutes lost to the slog. A child upsets the hush by talking to an older friend giving a brief cue of likely links in the stark solitude. In the steel horseless carriage life is measured not in moments lived but in moments borne. The cyclic routine of travel lets proximity replace intimacy and presence does not mean sharing. It is a common moment, the kind that defines a city as people cross yet never truly meet.

Rebekah is a self-taught photographer/digital artist based in San Antonio, TX. After earning a doctorate in viral ecology, she embraced her passions for photography and art. Her love of photography has grown over a lifetime of travel thru 30 countries. Her art often captures street and daily life, architecture, and unique views. Drawing inspiration from influential women photographers like Vivian Maier and Sally Mann, she is dedicated to achieving perfection, often seen lying on the ground, crouching or contorting herself to find the ideal angle conveying her inner vision and emotional depth.