Photo series · Jordan · Sep 2025

Jordan - Shadow & Light

A quiet dialogue between shadow and light.

Jordan

Shadow and light, each making the other visible.

In early December 2025, Stockholm had less than an hour of sunlight. After spending most of my life in Sweden, I still had not grown used to the darkness.

Reading Jun’ichirō Tanizaki’s In Praise of Shadows reframed how I understood light, not as something that defeats darkness, but as something that exists because of it. This project is shaped by that idea, where neither is complete without the other.

Kids playing

The photographs move between hard light and deep shadow, holding onto what disappears quickly and what stays.

Abu Sagar silhouette
Window and tree
Trees in door
Palestine sunset

View the full project here: Behance →

Contact

For commissions, collaborations or questions about this project:

josef.sulaiman@hotmail.com

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