Photography | 2018 – 2023

The first phase of the project was inspired by the demolition of a neighboring house in Alexandria. I remembered the people who once lived there, yet in the 26 years I spent beside them, I never stepped inside their apartments. When the building was torn down, its exposed rooms offered me my first intimate glimpse into their spaces—suddenly visible together like a collective portrait, even though I had never seen them all within a single frame before.

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The second part of the series explores the idea of borders—specifically, the phase that follows demolition—moving beyond their physical and aesthetic roles. Through a symbolic and analytical lens, the project focuses on the minimal elements that define the boundaries within neighbors’ homes. It reflects on how these borders shape our perception of space and place, revealed through colors, walls, and stylistic traces. These images present the interiors as translucent layers, offering a rare view into the hidden divisions that structure our built environments.

By stripping away the uniform, symmetrical facades of these buildings, the project exposes the underlying complexities and contradictions masked by standardized appearances. The resulting visuals resemble intricate maps, revealing the divisions between spaces and levels within the architecture. Walls, once rigid separators, become markers of identity-defining offices, bedrooms, living rooms, and sacred spaces. Meanwhile, the colors and decorative elements on these walls reflect the social class and history of the people who once inhabited them.