adam retzlaff, Invisible chains (PEOPLE 2025)

A quiet resistance rests beneath stillness. This image explores the tension between appearance and agency — a portrait of unseen burdens, systemic weight, and the fading space between freedom and compliance. Light touches the surface, but gravity holds within.

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