This Place was a Shelter

“What we call the beginning is often the end And to make and end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from. " ― T.S. Eliot, Little Gidding This project became a personal reflection on the anxieties that accompany our existence and the existential dilemmas we all face. I wanted to explore spaces that embody a world in transition, where fragments of the past intertwine with the uncertainty of the future. In doing so, I found myself confronting the fragile, impermanent nature of life. The photographs in This Place was a Shelter capture landscapes and structures that are fading, caught in the delicate space between decay and renewal. In these images, remnants of what once was gradually give way to something new—a cycle of transformation that felt deeply familiar to me. As I explored these spaces, I was reminded that even in moments of loss, there is always potential for rebirth. By focusing on these liminal spaces, I was also grappling with my own fears and hopes for the future. There is a quiet tension in these photographs—between what is and what could be, between the past and the future. It is a visual narrative of regret and lamentation, yet beneath that lies an underlying thread of relief, as if these spaces, like ourselves, have the ability to rebuild and transform.