Past, Passing, or to Come layers past, present, and future within a single pane of glass.

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Past, Passing, or to Come explores the concept of time. I capture images through the windows of closed stores and buildings that are in transition. Looking through the glass, I see remnants of the past: empty shelves, worn floors, and residual marks. Simultaneously, the same pane reflects the present: passing cars, occupied structures, and shifting light.

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These layers exist together. The past is inside. The present is reflected on the surface. In the space between them, there's a sense of what might come next. The future isn't explicitly presented, but it is suggested. Light and shape hold everything together. Lines from the street pass through a room. Shadows overlap. Space flattens. What begins as a real place becomes something else.

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These photographs aren't simply about empty buildings. They're about time: about the lives that once filled these spaces, what is there now, and what may follow.

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These photographs aren't simply about empty buildings. They're about time: about the lives that once filled these spaces, what is there now, and what may follow. For a brief moment, the camera allows past, present, and future to exist in a single image.

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About

Jeff Larason is a Massachusetts-based photographer whose work explores light, geometry, and the passage of time in urban spaces. His series Past, Passing, or to Come examines transition through layered images made through the windows of closed storefronts. He is the creator and host of The Crit House, a YouTube series in which photographers discuss the images that shaped their work. Larason's photographs focus on observation, reflection, and the quiet poetry of everyday places.

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www.jefflarason.com