Tag: Reflections
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Distorting mirrors
Distorting mirrors I remember with delight the fun-fair that once a year pitched its tents in the small Dutch town in which I grew up. One of the attractions sometimes was a tent full of concave and convex mirrors in different sizes and combinations that showed the strangest, distorted reflections when one stood in front…
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Mirror images
Mirror images A mirror not only confronts us with ourselves, but can also reflect objects from a part of the room or space around us that would otherwise be invisible from our vantage point. Or it can reflect a side of an object that we would not be able to see without a mirror. In…
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Reflections
Reflections I love reflections and photographs that feature reflections. Reflections invite us to look more closely and encourage us to reflect – see my previous posts ‘Floating Baobab’ and ‘A stick in shallow water’. It is probably no coincidence that the word ‘reflection’ has these two meanings: a reflection or mirror image, and a thought…
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Floating Baobab
Floating Baobab The decisive moment for this photograph didn’t come until after it had been taken. It occurred to me that it might be interesting to rotate the photograph 90° anti-clockwise, and that is what you see here. It suddenly becomes intriguing: it looks as though the tree is floating on a perfectly still surface…
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A stick in shallow water
A stick in shallow water Such a simple photo, yet so profound! Ever since I saw this branch in the water and took a photograph of it, the image has been etched into my memory. What we see here is clear: 1) a stick in the sun, protruding from the water, 2) the broken continuation…
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