About This Project

Anton Surov

The ‘Hotham’ photo series is a visible contemplation of the essence of loneliness and our efforts to embrace it. Set against the backdrop of Hotham, one of Australia’s most famous ski resorts, empty in summer, it highlights the solitude of a nation with five million lonely people. Here, the resort is not merely a backdrop but also a metaphor for the profound isolation that permeates the lives of modern individuals. Among them are people like us: immigrants lacking a home or close friends, on the cusp of fractured relationships. The photographs of abandoned lodges and vacant slopes are filled with beauty and newfound freedom—a beauty that arises from the absence of human presence. In this place, I wanted to feel my own loneliness, to capture it on film, to come to terms with it.

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