Left in transit

 Title/Artist: 'Left in transit' by Ipshita Collins

Medium: Photograph 
Year Created: 2025

More Info: @ippy_collins

Size (W)x(H): 31cm x 43cm

Artwork Description: A single black shoe rests on patterned pavement, surrounded by fallen leaves. It suggests a journey paused, a presence just out of frame.

This image reflects on movement, absence and the quiet traces we leave behind.
I photograph what has been left behind.

I am drawn to the quiet evidence of human presence: abandoned chairs, worn doorways, discarded objects, spaces that once held life and now hold silence. I am interested in what remains after movement, after migration, after memory fades.

These forgotten things are not empty to me. They carry trace, texture and story. Through my lens, I slow down and honour what others pass by, revealing beauty in neglect and dignity in decay. My work is a meditation on absence, impermanence and the quiet poetry of what we leave behind.