CLOSE ENOUGH
“If your photographs aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough.”
— Robert Capa
— Robert Capa
Taking this premise as a point of departure, Charles Ewing examines what lies closest to him. Unlike the war zones Capa depicted, Ewing’s work draws on what is dear to him, shaped by both fleeting and meaningful relationships.
Family, friends, and those he encounters along the way appear before the lens. He insists on navigating the private and the personal with a camera in hand—moving through gatherings, celebrations, and journeys as both participant and observer. Ewing belongs to the world he photographs, yet maintains just enough distance to see it from the outside,
These images unfold like intimate reveries: everyday moments that would not ordinarily be captured, but which, precisely because he is part of them, Ewing can illustrate with a sense of tenderness and surprise. The result is a body of work marked by a quiet, disarming beauty—familiar and evocative.
