Affective trails

Trains, tireless trains. Circling around, mirroring themselfs, devoted bearers of long-distance relationships. Ferrying to a secret destination where someone is still waiting. Entering that world, leaving it. Being there, not being there. Coming, going away. A way.

50% of Germans had a long-distance relationship during their lifetime. In 2015, 14 million Americans were in a long-distance relationship.

Silvia and Stefan. 25 years together. 20 years of marriage. 19 years of long-distance relationship. 4 years Bucharest-Chicago (8371 km). 15 years Bucharest-Munich (1450 km).