This series reflects a personal journey after the first lockdown of the pandemic, characterized by uncertainty. I found myself photographing underground water passages experiencing a frame shift of familiar landscapes. When the image is inverted, there is a stronger emotional correlation to my change in perspective of the strange unfolding events.

The passages are laminal zones, in-between places for self-reflection and places of uncertainty. The inverting process is an intermediate phase between seeing the object and a photographic print. Thus, the negative reflects the presence in the water passages.

The image inversion to a negative creates a three-dimensional effect that surprises me. The negative images resemble giant screens placed in enclosed spaces embedded with a strange and alienated landscape. This mysterious and ambiguous space is not initially recognized as a site for the passage of water, a metaphor for a basic element to sustain life.

The inversion of black and white in these images shifted most of the images from their familiar surroundings and transferred them to the Sci-fi space. It is reflected in the transformation of the light sky hue into dark black tones. The water photographed in one of the images also became a black liquid and alienated from the sky. In most of the images, the grey tones are dominant. Like the passages, they are in between black and white.

The challenging exploration of the passages provided an opportunity for self-reflection. From time to time, I found peace within the shady aisles. I examined the photographs before the transformation and tried to guess what they would look like after the processing. Needless to say, I was always taken by surprise during the image inversion process.

Adding the coordinates is an indexical presence. Thus, inputting image 31.489400 34.937853 coordinates into google maps takes the viewer to an intersection of a roadway with a creek adjacent to the "1949 Armistice Agreement Line". This data creates a further mystery and political interpretation to the passages series, and it is placed in front of the viewer to decipher.

This urban landscape series reflects my anxiety and uncertainty as to how my world was turning inside out during the pandemic events. My question is, would the unfolding changes ever revert to the normal conditions that we once knew?