These figures exist somewhere in between—between life and death, memory and forgetting. They feel like messengers, or remnants. Dressed in color and chaos, yet their presence is calm, composed. Their mouths are sealed—not just quiet, but controlled. Beauty layered over restraint.

I wanted to capture that fragile space where something is held back—but still radiates. Where silence isn’t weakness, it’s part of the form. These portraits live in the tension between what’s shown and what’s suppressed—and that’s where their power lies.Images created and photographed by Cyril Guyot.