As I grow older, my relationship with photography continues to change. There was a time when I cared mainly about aesthetics: if something looked cool, I considered it a good photograph. Photography meant creating or capturing visually interesting things and sharing them on social media.            

              In high school photography classes, we had to explain everything we made: why we made it, how we made it, and what it meant. Sometimes I was still in my “looks cool” phase, so there was no deeper meaning or story behind an image. I would create the photographs first and invent the explanations afterward.            

              Studying artists such as Ai Weiwei and Sophie Calle changed the way I understood photography. Ai Weiwei’s Remembering particularly affected me. Following the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake and the censorship surrounding its casualties, Ai and his collaborators gathered the names of 5,219 schoolchildren who had died. The work showed me that an artist’s role is not limited to producing beautiful objects. Art can preserve memory, make a statement, and create change. What makes an image meaningful may exist beyond the image itself.            

Temporary Homes was inspired by Sophie Calle’s investigations of private rooms and personal belongings. The project examines people’s homes and considers what these spaces reveal about their inhabitants. In public, we often wear a social mask and adjust ourselves according to what is considered appropriate. At home, those expectations begin to disappear.            

              What do people wear when they are alone? What do their private spaces look like? Can an unfamiliar hobby, object, or habit change how we understand someone? What can a home reveal that a public encounter cannot? Through these photographs, I explore the boundary between privacy and publicness.            

              Before photographing each participant, I asked them not to clean or reorganize anything. I wanted to document their homes in their most genuine state. The project is not about cleanliness or messiness, but about traces of living: the objects people keep, the arrangements they create, and the quiet evidence of their daily routines.