Shadows&Lights

A stone wall where the sun had cast two strong shadows of street lamps. The lamps themselves are absent from the frame; only their silhouettes remain, stretched and distorted across the grid of blocks. The geometry of the masonry intersects with the organic curves of the ironwork, turning a mundane architectural feature into an interplay of abstraction.

Technically, the image rests on tonal contrast. The black-and-white treatment strips away distraction, reducing the composition to texture, line, and shadow. The exposure is precise: the stone retains detail without bleaching, while the shadows remain solid but not impenetrable. The vertical seam of the wall divides the frame, splitting the twin forms into mirrored halves, which strengthens the visual rhythm.

What gives the photograph its weight is absence. The lamps are not visible, yet their presence is undeniable, made more striking by the starkness of their cast shapes. It is a study in perception: the eye reads substance into shadow, meaning into void.