Early Life Crisis
Early Life Crisis
“Early life crisis is the loneliness of arriving in a new city, the hesitation of buying your first cigarette, and using smoking as a habit to calm yourself—while everything still feels uncertain.”
I use a book and a pack of “cigarettes” to tell my crisis.
This is not an escape, but a record.
It is not about smoking itself, but about dependence, emotion, and the attempt to create order within uncertainty.
Part 1
Smoker Book
This book feels more like a diary.
It records my journey as a smoker—from hating cigarettes to depending on them.
It traces how smoking slowly damages my body, while at the same time, I find myself needing it more than ever.
Early Life Crisis
Early Life Crisis
Cigarette box
If the book records the more negative emotions, then the cigarette box represents the joy and the moments of beauty that smoking brings me. I often use my camera to capture small, interesting moments.
Each cigarette carries its own story—an image and a short text.
