Reflections

High Hope by Anastasia Markus - Photojournalism, Photography Awards, Photo of the Day, Anastasia Markus, War Photography

The Persistence of Pale Light

There is a specific quality to the light just before a storm breaks, a thin, strained brightness that seems to hold its breath against the coming weight of the clouds. It is not the comforting glow of a summer afternoon, nor the sharp, clean…
Shadows by Kirsten Bruening - Art Photography, Photo of the Day, Photography, Shadows, Kirsten Bruening

The Weight of Time

The clock does not measure the day. It measures the distance between who we were and who we are becoming. We stand before the face of it, waiting for a signal, a shift in the gears, a permission to move forward. But the hands are indifferent.…
A Moment for Eternity by Kirsten Bruening - Photojournalism, Photography Awards, Photo of the Day, Kirsten Bruening, Art Photography

The Weight of a Second

If time is a river that never stops, why do we spend our lives trying to build dams against the current? We are obsessed with the idea of preservation, clutching at fleeting expressions and passing light as if we could anchor them to the earth.…