From archive to finished work.

A walk from the full catalogue to the things it becomes: read down from thousands of frames to a sequence, then shaped for wherever it is headed. Every frame here comes from the archive itself.

01 The Haystack the scale of it
01 The Problem

The archive that
outgrew you.

Tens of thousands of frames. Only a handful you ever return to. The rest aren't weak — the seeing is the bottleneck.

12,418 frames · 41 worth returning to
Curation objectives · placeholder

[ Cowork to generate via the curation MCP — the intent behind this sequence: what the curation optimized for (theme, tone, city, keeper tier), the filters applied, and the through-line that makes these the frames worth returning to. ]

02 Many → Few read down to a sequence
02 From raw archive to authored vision
The Archive 12,418 frames read
Curate
The sequence it found 6 of 12,418
01
Paris Métro
02
Children Looking Up
03
Lisbon Trams
04
London Cyclists
05
Hoop Rolling
06
Seoul Stone Steps
Curation objectives · placeholder

[ Cowork to generate via the curation MCP — why these six: the objective this sequence was built for (theme, arc, city, keeper tier), the filters applied, and the through-line that makes them one authored vision. ]

The Destinations

Where the work ends up.

A few of the places a finished selection goes. Some are made to be shown, others to be sent out: a collective, a jury, a gallery, a buyer. Each is put together for its own purpose, so no two pull the same frames.

Output 01 · Motion The Story → a short film, ready to post
You asked

“Build me a short Story on the rhythm of the street — Lisbon and New York.”

City Rhythms

Story v1 · 17 March 2026
6Frames 0:26Runtime Lisbon · NYCities
01City Rhythms
02The city keeps its own time
03After the last train
04Strangers in the same current
05Keep moving
06@unseen.editions
01 · 4.5s › dissolve
02 · 4.0s › cut
03 · 5.0s › dissolve
04 · 4.0s › cut
05 · 4.5s › fade
06 · 4.0s · end

A question becomes a sequenced, captioned, edited Story export — per-frame crop and motion, transitions, and a music note, ready to post.

Output 02 · Print The Zine — Gathered → a Publications page
GATHERED Unseen Photography

A printed sequence
in four acts.

The curation reads the archive as a body of work and lays it out as spreads — full-bleed where an image should dominate, paired where two frames speak to each other, breathing where the sequence needs a rest.

27 pages · 2023–2025 · Boston · Frankfurt · New York · Seoul · Stockholm · Tokyo

Act III Reaching Toward Each Other
14–15
ACT IEmpty Spaces
ACT IINear Each Other
ACT IVCollective Force
Communion — the closing coda.
Output 03 · Submission The Portfolio → membership application to a collective
Use case

Street Photography Collective

A membership collective that admits photographers by portfolio review. The ask: ten frames that prove a consistent eye across cities — honesty, timing, and human presence over spectacle.

Why this set

The tool scored every frame against the collective's stated values, then chose the ten that hold up individually and read as one voice — weighting craft and portfolio-fit, not social reach.

10Images 4.23Avg score 7Cities
01
The Embrace4.28
Stockholm
02
Children Looking Up4.30
Stockholm
03
Hoop Rolling4.24
Stockholm
04
Subway Foil Person4.22
New York
05
Temple Incense4.31
Tokyo
06
Lisbon Trams4.17
Lisbon
07
Paris Métro / Opéra4.24
Paris
08
The Woman & Billboard4.25
New York
09
Seoul Stone Steps4.09
Seoul
10
London Cyclists4.21
London
Output 04 · Submission The Contest → a series entered to an award

Street Photo Competition 2026

Category: Series · 5 images · black & white
The brief

A juried series award. Five to ten images that hold together as a body of work, judged as a sequence rather than singles.

What the jury rewards
01Originality — a fresh perspective
02Technical excellence — light, composition
03Emotional impact — feeling before thought
04Storytelling — narrative across the set
Submission checklist
Deadline · April 15, 2026
JPEG · sRGB · ≤ 5 MB, 2000px min
Series of 5–10 · statement ≤ 150 words
Entry fee · $25 per series

“The embrace that says everything about two people without a word. The children all looking up at the same sky. I work in black and white because monochrome demands you look at what's happening.”

— Artist statement (excerpt)
01
The EmbraceEmotional impact
02
Children Looking UpOriginality
03
Subway Foil PersonOriginality
04
Temple IncenseStorytelling
05
Woman & BillboardTechnical
Output 05 · Submission The Exhibition → a hang planned for a gallery wall

Street Visions 2026

Gallery 44, Stockholm · the decisive moment
Unlike the contest, this is a room: print sizes vary by wall, sequenced as a visitor walks through.
1Entry wall
The Embrace20×24"
2Left wall
Children Looking Up20×24"
3Feature wall
Subway Foil Person24×36"
4Right wall
Temple Incense20×30"
5Exit wall
Woman & Billboard20×24"
Entry →
→ Exit
Output 06 · Sales The Prints → editioned, priced, ready to acquire

Street Collection — Prints

On-demand fine-art printing · four edition tiers · shipping worldwide

Lisbon Trams

Lisbon, 2025

3:2 · Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 · Natural oak float mount

Open Edition16×20"$150
Limited /2520×24"25$420
Artist Proof24×30"5$720
One-of-One30×40"1$2,400

Paris Métro / Opéra

Paris, 2024

3:2 · Canson Platine Fibre Rag · Black aluminum, white mat

Open Edition16×20"$165
Limited /2520×24"25$480
Artist Proof24×30"5$820
One-of-One30×40"1$2,800
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