After India’s lunar landing, I played with an image of the lander sitting out there on its own. I used a bit of AI to clean it up, then pushed the contrast to make the scene more dramatic. What stayed with me was all that emptiness around this tiny machine. A solitary sentinel on the moon, with only darkness beyond it.

After India’s lunar landing, I played with an image of the lander sitting out there alone. I used AI to clean it up, then pushed up the contrast to make it more dramatic. I kept returning to the emptiness around that small machine. A solitary sentinel on the moon, with only darkness beyond it.