Yurij Mikhalevich, Fading Memory (November theme: Blur)

A candid moment from a night out in Tokyo, 2016. There is a specific rhythm to Tokyo's tiny bars – a mixture of intimacy and chaos. This shot was taken using a slow shutter speed to visualize that fleeting feeling of intoxication and memory. The subject is lost in mid-sentence, dissolving into the neon lights, contrasting sharply with the stillness of the bar shelf. It represents how we remember travel: not in sharp, perfect stills, but in blurred, colorful impressions.

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