Sebastian Szczepanowski’s series takes us on a journey on public transport, where we sit beside strangers, present in body but out of reach until we arrive.
A journey creates a brief interval in which we can withdraw from the world without physically leaving it. We sit beside strangers, carried towards a destination, while our attention drifts elsewhere. Until we arrive, we are both present and temporarily out of reach.
In Between Stops, I explore this state of suspension in public transport. Windows, reflections, condensation and passing light bring the city into the carriage while partly obscuring the people inside. Faces merge with buildings, bodies are interrupted by frames and lettering, and a shared space becomes a collection of private worlds.
I cannot know what the passengers are thinking. What interests me is the distance that can open between a person and their surroundings, even in a crowded vehicle. The sequence follows this temporary disappearance: the familiar experience of being on the way, somewhere between departure and return to the world.
Sebastian Szczepanowski is a Polish photographer and psychotherapist based in Wrocław. Rooted in street photography, his work explores everyday life through the relationships between people, places and the act of looking.
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