The first major book project grew out of a four-month journey across Southeast Asia, continuing on to Singapore and Australia.

Along the way, the experiences of that journey found their place in handwritten notes and travel diaries. When those texts were later woven together with the photographs made on the road, they formed a visual narrative — a book of images and stories shaped by movement, encounters, and time.

Influenced by my long-standing admiration for publishers like Gestalten and the world of carefully crafted coffee-table books, the project was shaped not only as a record of travel, but as a designed object. Layout, sequencing, and the physical presence of the book became as important as the images themselves.

Inspired by how books are often contextualized through reviews, reflections, and interpretations, an additional layer emerged: experimental reviews. Much like the speculative commercials created from my photographs, these texts are part of the project’s playful, exploratory nature — imagined reflections rather than real critiques.

This first book became the foundation for everything that followed.