"Representation takes place in the gap between absence and desire. But that doesn't mean that the desired never existed, was never glimpsed; what is lost may not have been lacking." -- Mira Schor, Wet

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These are personal photos.
I took them because I wanted to.
They are photos from my life, arranged chronologically.

Each represented something important to me at the time, and still important to me now.

They are, probably, a catalog of desire
although what exactly is being desired is not always obvious, not even to me.

The first two of Buddhism's four noble truths say that all of life is suffering and that the cause of suffering is desire. These photos probably back that up.

The best way to view these photos is to start at the beginning and work your way through because each photo is somehow related to the next and together, in order, they probably tell a story.

Keep in mind that all that exists is the present moment. The past does not exist. All that exists are the memories of the past. The past creates memories. But that's only half the story. The other half is memories create the past.

If you think your own life isn't full of photos like these, you probably just haven't been paying enough attention.