100 things: 100 photos - photo 26: mayfly

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100 things: 100 photos - photo 26

Apr 10, 2014 10:55

I haven't made an #100 things post in a while. Let's get back to that, I still have a long way to go!

Usually I choose one photo and share the story behind it, but today my mind doesn't feel up to being articulate. Also, who doesn't prefer photos to words anyway?

I have a couple of themes I like photographing. Two of my favourite subjects that I have already shared are graffiti/street art and reflections. Another one is textures and surfaces, what one of my professors called matieres after the french word for material. Most interesting are the textures that come from ageing. Rust, peeling paint, decaying timber, mossy growths. Images of decay betray materials, objects and spaces that have lived and have many stories to tell. They let us dream about those stories. Their well worn feel makes us comfortable and in way is comforting.

[Proof of the passage of time - image heavy]

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