Sebastiano Caruso

(in)significant places

November 2024

1 year ago my son Yūri and I were separated

I could not do anything about it. And I still can’t

But since then, I chose to keep living in Ōokayama, where we spent his first 4 years together

Since then, it does not pass a day that I am not reminded of him by the places that surround me

These places have nothing special

They are completely ordinary to everyone’s eyes

But to me they remind me of Yūri every single time I pass by

I tried to communicate this feeling of “someone missing” with the only medium I know, photography

I see this emptiness everywhere

But all in all I am happy I remained here

It’s the closest place I have to a “home” in Japan

I hope one day Yūri will understand I never stopped loving him for 1 sec