In Between

In the exploration of Indian seaside towns or others Indian places along the coast, there are always these moments of drift. They’re in-between moments, not quite part of the project, yet not entirely outside of it, natural pauses.

They occur at various times of day. Early in the morning, as I leave my hotel to walk towards the beach or an other area. When I take a break from my project to explore the surroundings. At lunch, over a coffee. Or during unexpected detours in my itinerary. These moments don’t fit the pace of classic street photography, but they feed the depth of my documentary photography work.

These are the moments when I let go. When I surrender, physically and mentally, to the environment around me. My gaze shifts. I observe without searching for an image. I allow myself to be carried by the light, the colours, the compositions, the visual rhythms. The stillness. The emptiness. Everything and nothing at once.

And gradually, that nothing gives way to a visual dialogue between photographs. This ordinary reality quietly reveals the environmental story of these coastal places.

These moments of silence, of stepping back and disconnecting, express through images a certain form of contemplation, of calm, and of complexity.

These in-between moments are essential. They allow me to recentre myself, to regain a sense of clarity before diving back into the core of my documentary journey. A suspended time, simple, almost invisible, but deeply rooted in my mindset and in the way I photograph.