The past one second in waiting

I captured the micro-expressions while the self-absorbed waiters were mind drifting at the subway stations in New York city. Most of the micro-expressions are less than 1 second, but full of emotions and stories. So I prolonged those 1 second to 10 seconds here.

The portrait looks like a photograph, but if you wait, you will discover the smile or a resignation. (please refer to the poem below)

Capturing the "waiters" requires me to wait. The process of studying waiting and discovering the fresh and interesting thing from the banal waiting requires me to wait, and viewing this piece requires me to wait.

So after the process of waiting while doing this project, I became a total "waiter". Through waiting, I developed a relationship with these strangers in the footage. So I was inspired to write a poem:




"The past one second "



Your gaze loses the focus,

Faraway, faraway.

You are waiting, but not waiting.

Your finger follows your thought, across your chin,

Slowly, slowly...

Suddenly, tipping away,

I know I know,

You got inspired!

Your lips follow your thought,

Tight, tight

You're biting them,

Suddenly, they separate,

And a long sigh follows,

I know, you tried hard already,

I am sorry.

You stand still,

Still, Still

Suddenly, the tip of your lips up,

I know, it was sweet.

All happened, all gone,

In the past one second.

Category:

Film & Animation

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• subway