Sehnsucht
A longing for something far, far away
There exists a yearning that stirs within—a restless pull toward the distant. The Germans beautifully express it as “sehnsucht”: among one of its meanings is an untranslatable ache for a faraway place, a longing for somewhere you are emotionally or spiritually attached to but circumstances prevent you from being there.
How does one capture this feeling—the quiet anticipation of a road with no end, the weightless drift of a traveler between destinations, the fleeting beauty of a moment that can never be reclaimed, only remembered. Through glimpses of the unfamiliar, photographs can evoke the endless cycle of departure and return, of seeking and never quite arriving.
That is to say, the idea of “sehnsucht” reminds us that some journeys have no destination—only the sense of longing that sets them all in motion.
