“Going back” is this week’s Lens Artists Challenge; Sofia Alves takes us back to an old doors challenge. In the light of these two ideas I’d like to start this post with some back doors.
As far as toy photography goes, I love to build and photograph doors because of both their architectural and narrative potential. They are simple means of definig a building and evoking an atmosphere – back door or main? Factory or bar? Welcoming or forbidding?
A door is a passageway. This function evokes narrative. The door is closed: what’s happening behind it? The door is open: will someone walk through it? And then, what will happen?
The inside and the outside can stand for a before and an after. Thus, narrative – or the paasing of time – can be hinted at in a single picture.
empire of lights 
Fantastic scenes, Tobias and I couldn’t agree more with what you’ve wrote.
Thank you so much!
Loved your examples this week Tobias – as always very clever and beautifully done. The closing image though is my favorite.
Thank you, Tina. The last one is from my very beginnings as a toy photographer.
Just brilliant, your images have a wonderful cinematic feel to them 🙂
Thank you, Steve – cinematic sounds good!
I love your take on this challenge, it’s one I’d never have thought of myself.
Thank you so much, John.