Foggy Fantasy
SSENSE
Oct 26 2019
Danko Steiner offers a glimpse into an out-of-focus future
For his first SSENSE editorial, photographer Danko Steiner explores the skewed existentialism of the millennial. At a time when our screens are constantly packed with updates, minutes become decades. Teenagers need to be measured in dog years, their wisdom spans centuries. A sporadic flash of orange onto a muted background. The ambiguous fog of identity. Soft and out of focus, some roses slouch limp. What do you fantasize about now that you have seen everything? This is a youth that outlives glaciers.
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