Fog Walkers

Photographer

Boris Benko

Category

Black & White Photography - Conceptual

Company

Boris Benko - independent artist

Submission Group

Professional

Year

2025

Country / Region:

Croatia (Hrvatska)

Karlovac (Croatia), often called the “City of Fog,” is uniquely positioned in a natural hollow, surrounded by hills and intersected by four rivers. This geography makes it prone to frequent mist and fog, especially during autumn and winter, when the low morning fog settles over the landscape, transforming the city into a dreamlike, almost cinematic scene. This series of seven black-and-white photographs captures city visual motifs, living creatures, and solitary figures moving through the shifting mist, immersed in their own worlds. These are not portraits of individuals but rather studies of presence and transience. Stripped of unnecessary detail, the minimalist compositions emphasize human figures against vast, empty surroundings. Anonymous and detached, they blend into the fog, reinforcing the impermanence of human movement within an ever-present, unchanging landscape. "Fog Walkers" invites viewers into this quiet, dreamlike space—a meditation on solitude, detachment, and the beauty of moments often unnoticed.

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