A Ball Across WC26

The concept

Imagine you are on a train, peering through the window. Football matches flicker by outside, one after another. Players move, stadiums shift, crowds blur. But the ball stays pinned at the center of the glass. Always there, always still.

Each journey through the images generates hundreds of frames. Fleeting peripheral moments that might otherwise go unnoticed. Repetition and accumulation transform these moments into patterns. The frame becomes a tool for understanding scale.

Inspired by Katie Edwards, a photographer who takes photos through train windows, collecting gestures and stitching them into panoramas. Her work Portrait of America was exhibited at the Observatory Gallery, London. All credits for the concept go to her.