Semaphore presents a focused exploration of visual communication through carefully composed photographic images. Torrance York employs a precise, methodical approach to capturing signals and messages in varied environments, highlighting systems of code and interpretation embedded in the urban landscape.

The photobook’s 96 pages unfold a structured narrative where the interplay of form, light, and shadow underscores the ephemeral nature of transmission and reception. York’s work invites contemplation on how meaning is constructed and conveyed beyond language through visual cues and structural elements.