These images were made in 2020 and were accompanied by physical and mental isolation that suddenly became global. Scenarios of uncertainty and predictions of apocalypse dominated public and private discourse. One of many anxieties was a shortage of materials because of supply chain disruptions. Some thought there would be no more film produced, which would mean the end of analog photography.

My photos were created in this context with a self-made pinhole camera, and they were then combined with my other analog photos. The whole process of image-making — from building a camera, developing and scanning films, and photographing the images — was a one-person show. A year later, these photo collages served as inspiration for a Polish-German writer, Ewa Maria Slaska, who wrote a short story based on these images. In this way, the self-contained nature of these photos was finally interrogated and transformed by another person’s voice. The title of her story became the title for my photos.