Departure Lounge, the final book in the *Black Garden Trilogy*, brings the series to a reflective close. Drawing from Eskenazi’s archive (1991–2018), it uses the metaphor of a departure lounge to examine transitions—both physical and existential—including migration, personal change, and the ultimate departure from life. Dedicated to the author’s father, the book continues the trilogy’s structured format, with sequential chapters and plate numbers spanning all three volumes. The trilogy, shaped by Eskenazi’s photographic journeys from Moscow (1991) to Istanbul (2018), echoes religious triptychs, reinforcing a sense of continuity where decades seem to pass in mere moments.
