The birds guarded the city while we slept.

This work captures a suspended moment where the city, the night, and the sky seem to resonate. In the foreground, birds appear like silent messengers, frozen between the ground and the air, while in the distance a luminous form detaches itself from the urban landscape, like an apparition. The precise and structured architecture serves as a frame for this almost mythological scene. The intense chromatic treatment, dominated by deep blues and luminous contrasts, transforms the urban space into a nocturnal theater. Lines, reflections, and superimpositions blur the boundaries between reality and imagination, giving the city a symbolic dimension. The eye wanders among the details, invited to reconstruct its own interpretation of the place. This photograph explores the place of living things within the built environment and evokes the idea of signs, omens, and nocturnal vigils. It appeals to collectors sensitive to narrative worlds, visual poetry, and works that transform the urban landscape into an open-ended story. Each contemplation reveals new layers, like a story slowly unfolding in the light.