Sombras como Yo

The city is full of bodies that pass without looking at each other, moving in opposite directions while carrying untold stories. Sombras como Yo is a visual exploration of that silent transit, of the urban melancholy and the isolation hidden in everyday life. The project arises from a personal experience with mental health and the persistent feeling of being a solitary figure in the middle of a crowd. What once seemed like an individual burden slowly reveals itself as a shared condition.

The series is composed of black-and-white photographs captured in Quito’s urban landscapes. Human figures appear as dark silhouettes, indistinguishable from one another, merging with the city itself. These are not portraits of individuals, but universal presences—anonymous shadows walking through an indifferent space. Their lack of identity reflects the invisibility of emotional struggles in the public sphere. Anyone could be one of them. One could be all.

Rather than documenting, this series seeks to evoke. The images do not show crisis explicitly, but the emotional trace left by isolation, routine, and disconnection. By blurring the human figure, the photographs open space for projection: each viewer may find themselves in those shadows. The work invites empathy and recognition, asking who we are when no one sees us.