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No One Is Watching

Ongoing

This series begins with a contradiction: every anonymous figure contains a life as vast and unknowable as our own, yet from a distance they become little more than a silhouette crossing an immense world. Stripped of identity, expression, and narrative, what remains is posture, movement, and presence, the quiet evidence of a life unfolding beyond our reach.

These photographs ask how it is possible to feel so profoundly alone while existing among billions who carry the same invisible weight. In reducing people to their smallest visible form, I hope to reveal the immeasurable depth that can never be seen.

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A solitary figure in the distance
I. The Wanderer
A figure searching across a vast space
II. Searching
A figure contained within a geometric space
III. Inside the Box
A figure looking out at a vast view
IV. View
A figure amid rising tides
V. In the Event of Rising Tides
A solitary figure in winter
VI. Winter Warmth
A figure in the world
VII. Among Billions
A suited figure alone
VIII. The Suit
A farewell in the distance
IX. Until We Meet Again
A figure looking over the edge
X. Looking Over
Figures beneath the surface
XI. Sharks
A figure and the horizon
XII. Someday
A figure with a briefcase
XIII. The Briefcase
A figure suspended in time
XIV. When?
A figure between two worlds
XV. Between Worlds
A figure receding into the distance
XVI. In the Distance

No One Is Watching, 2024–2026.
Sixteen photographs.

Mo Badawi
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