Waiting For The Elections

Shot on a Leica M9 with a Zeiss Biogon 35mm f/2.8, this image is more about suspension than action. The frame holds a waiting posture — literally and metaphorically. No speeches, no slogans, just the inertia of democratic process taking over the political machinery.

I wanted to convey stillness without silence. The Biogon’s rendering gave me that microcontrast and edge clarity I rely on when details matter more than gestures. The M9 sensor — as unpredictable as it can be in mixed light — held together the tonal values well here, especially in the midtones. Shadow detail was secondary; this wasn’t about hiding or revealing, but about the unresolved pause before a result is known.

Compositionally, I kept the geometry tight and central, playing with chairs, human postures, and background lines. I avoided anything too ‘decisive moment’ in favour of something slower. We look at them. They don’t look at us. That tension works.

This photograph doesn’t want to be dramatic, it wants to be true: the campaign’s noise has died down, the decisions are already made, and now they — like us — wait.