Seeking Connection
Fashion ShootArt Director
Concept:
Seeking Connection explores the emotional tension between presence and absence. It reflects on the paradox of standing close yet feeling distant. It questions how we attempt to connect while subconsciously protecting ourselves from real vulnerability.
Explanation
“Seeking Connection” investigates the fragile boundary between intimacy and detachment. The narrative captures the subtle choreography of almost-touching, almost-understanding, almost-letting someone in. It visualises the emotional hesitation that defines contemporary relationships.
Through fashion, movement, and spatial composition, the body becomes both subject and metaphor. Gestures remain incomplete, interactions restrained, as if connection is constantly within reach yet never fully realised. Textures and silhouettes reinforce this push and pull — structured yet fluid, intimate yet guarded. “Seeking Connection” becomes a visual meditation on longing, emotional distance, and the complexity of closeness in a world shaped by uncertainty.
The following images were published as part of 17:23 publication.