"Paper is essential to how I present my photography, the black and white tones gain a physical depth and quiet presence that a screen simply can't offer, inviting a slower, more intimate way of viewing. This work is part of the Residual Presence series.

Axis Mundi, the axis of the world. An ancient idea, echoed across civilizations in different forms: a sacred mountain, a tower reaching skyward, a cosmic tree, any structure that dares to bind earth to heaven.

But this is not merely a tall building. The structure in the photograph becomes a symbol of something older than architecture, the human longing to rise beyond limitation, to conquer verticality, to plant a center of meaning in the midst of a chaotic world.

Yet the space stands empty. No human figure remains, only the skeleton of will, a monument to ambition that continues to stand long after the ones who dreamed it have vanished."