The photo essay explores a relationship shaped by uncertainty, distance, and bureaucracy. Through photographs made in Brazil, it reflects on the search for hope within a temporary period of closeness.

Excerpt:
I’m sitting in my friend’s studio in Chinatown. The window is open, the rain pours down outside. The typical, heavy smell of a wet New York creeps in beside me. It should really be summer by now, but we skipped spring this year. New York follows its own rules.

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