Portraits for No One is an ongoing series where short stories and black-and-white photographs intertwine to explore the art of remembering how it felt.
Set in a mythical town called Hometown, each film unfolds at the edge of memory and dream. The photographs do not illustrate the stories; they expand them — offering another dimension to the emotional truth.
The Arrival
When I arrived in Hometown, it was not my hometown.
Perhaps it was an escape. Perhaps it was a promise.
The Arrival is a one-minute prelude — the first glimpse of a place where memory begins to speak.
I began Portraits for No One as a dialogue between image and word — an attempt to preserve not events, but sensations.
My films are my way of remembering how it felt: the hunger, the tenderness, and the quiet courage of seeing the world as if for the first time.
Each month, I share an unpublished story and photographs from Portraits for No One.
Concept, Photography, Story: JJ Jordan
Featuring: Sarah Borthwick
Narrator: Ozzy Eyre
Music: Orchestralis
Featuring: Sarah Borthwick
Narrator: Ozzy Eyre
Music: Orchestralis
Thank you for visiting Hometown.
You may not remember it clearly, but perhaps you’ve been here before.
Lyne 2025
