In The Observed, the act of looking is reciprocal. This series of black-and-white street photographs captures people in public space at moments of performance, indifference, vulnerability, or detachment. Whether framed through signage, authority, intimacy, or chance encounters, these images consider who controls the gaze — and what it means to be seen or unseen in shared urban life. Through layering, posture, and juxtaposition, the work interrogates presence, spectacle, and the quiet tension between strangers.