In the tradition of portrait photography of strangers, Alina Cherubin uses her camera as a passkey, granting her access to the personal and private spaces of her subjects. Entering people’s homes is not just entering their physical environment, but also having access to the quiet, hidden stories that reside within them. Each person she met through this project left a long-lasting impression on the artist, which she documents in her diary. Her photographs then present two homes: the house, and the self.