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Pas de deux
The one thing I wanted to make was an icon for a West Coast Swing community. So I tried a couple of variations and found the first picture came closest to a WCS vibe (surprisingly so because the male figure is originally supposed to be a pantomime, and the female was labeled “woman, pointing”). However, I also liked the other couples – dancing or not – so I decided to keep the pictures together as a small series.
Stonemouth
Midnight Oil
“Guys! Just sweep it under the rug!”
Hangover
The unusual crop was inevitable (and thus done right away, framing the shot) – so here’s an entry for this week’s lens-artists challenge.
Untitled, 2026
Just Another Rear Window
Just a Moment
When, a while ago, the lens artists challenged us to share quiet moments, instead of going through my beach and museum and travel photos, I wondered if, and how, I could show my quiet moments en miniature. Pondering several possibilities, I realized that reading almost always gives me some quiet – and that I can experience this quietness everywhere and anytime.
Today I would like to share a couple of pictures which surprisingly turned into a short story.
Manhattan Transfer
When I saw the lens-artists challenge Quiet Moment, this was the first picture that came to mind – it obviously took a while to make it, and a whole series with readers in different moments along with it. This week’s challenge seems a great starting point for sharing: Who says you can’t have a quiet moment when you’re On the Move?
Franklin Bridge, Düsseldorf
Minuscule Doors
“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.
Downtown, Day and Night
The Sprightly Five at the Museum
Arrival
Undecided
Afloat
Start
Happy new year!
Ralentissez!
Slow down. Relax. Have a merry Christmas.
Last Chance
Lens-artists challenge #329: I am not entirely sure what’s happening in this picture because I was putting the focus on composition rather than narrative. However, the figures’ poses seem to hint at seomething last chance-y..
empire of lights 