SHAPES OF TIME 

My project, "Shapes of Time," is a photography journey through the stone circles of Great Britain. It's about exploring the marks left by time and thinking about our place in it. In 2019, I traveled across the entire UK, from the Orkney Islands in Scotland to Land's End in Cornwall. During this trip, I photographed the surfaces and structures of stones in sixteen ancient circles.

My main goal was to capture and document the traces of time etched into these stones. As I traveled, I thought about where we come from and the marks we leave behind. Today, we have a bigger impact than ever on shaping the future. We're quickly diving into new technologies, and using them every day speeds up changes in society and culture.

We're currently teaching artificial intelligence (AI) to recognize and analyze images. However, this gets tricky with layered composite photos. AI can definitely understand these images in terms of color, structure, or patterns. But understanding their deeper, philosophical meaning will be impossible or very limited. AI works based on algorithms and machine learning, not on an abstract understanding of reality.

People, on the other hand, experience photos subjectively, naturally bringing in cultural context. What deeply moves one person might be completely confusing to another. So, some people might connect more deeply with an image, while others might prefer to just observe and analyze it.

The photos I'm showing let you experience a complex and multi-layered change in perspective. They capture how form is shaped in a dynamic flow, making boundaries fluid, restless, and hard to grasp. These images also show an abstract side of human nature, which affects our awareness and shapes how we see the world. But it's important to remember that my work is just one way of looking at reality; it doesn't fully show its true essence, which is always out of reach.