St Andrews Sunrise
by Claire Rinterknecht
Taken with a Canon EOS R10.
We are not as broken at sunrise; the harsh light of the fully risen sun can’t pick at the holes in our skin or highlight the flaws we so desperately try to conceal. At sunrise, whatever part of the world we’re in, softens. Only we, you, I exist.
The first photo asks why a subject is needed to make a scene whole. In contrast to the last photo and to a certain extent the second, the first is void of any particular guide – the eye wanders. Pay attention to the texture of the water, the silhouettes of wild grass and protruding fence, the way the cumulus clouds look like the mountains of a faraway land – a land we can only reach in our dreams.
The second photo is intense. That is its sole purpose. Let it fill you up. Let it saturate you. Let the leading lines lead you away to that other place.
The third photo is a combination of the first two. It represents the wandering soul of photo one and the leading lines of photo two. The figure could be walking towards you or away, or it could be you. Mostly, the photo asks: where are you going?
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