Vanishing Points explores the boundaries of the gaze and the possibility of seeing while maintaining distance. The project grew out of an episode of aggression I experienced while photographing — an event that altered my perception of public space. Since then, approaching a person with a camera has evoked a sense of inner fear — a feeling that, over time, transformed into a method of optical distancing.

Architecture in this series functions as an optical refuge — a mediator between fear and the desire to see. Facades and interiors create spaces where the gaze can take shelter. From the outside, it may seem that I photograph buildings, yet my attention is always drawn to people — to their trajectories and fleeting pauses, behind which only fragments of their presence can be sensed. I seek to capture the moment when a person remains visible but is no longer accessible. They stay at the center as a trace, even when almost disappearing within the city’s scale. This «point» becomes a delicate reminder of another’s existence — one that cannot be possessed.

Duality runs throughout the series. Traditionally, street photography relies on the instantaneous gesture of approach — the urge to seize life. In this project, I move in the opposite direction, constructing distance. This is not an act of protest, but a search for balance between safety and closeness. My distance is a form of vulnerability that becomes a way of seeing. It turns into an attempt to build an ethics of the gaze — to find a way of looking that acknowledges boundaries and respects the other’s space without renouncing one’s own desire to see.