There’s a quiet power in how light carves through space. This photo captures a field where the shadows do most of the storytelling. The man jogging near the top of the frame feels small, almost incidental, compared to the towering silhouettes of the cypress trees stretching across the grass. These elongated shadows pull your eyes across the image, creating a kind of visual gravity that anchors everything. The black-and-white treatment strips the scene of distractions and puts all the focus on shape and contrast. There’s a surprising amount of rhythm here—the repeating forms of the trees, their uniform spacing, the parallel reach of their shadows—and yet it’s broken just enough by the runner’s casual pace and the uneven texture of the grass. The composition feels minimal, but there’s nothing empty about it. It’s about scale, solitude, and the unexpected drama of an everyday setting at just the right moment. Sometimes all it takes is the angle of the sun to make a scene feel like a stage.
Welcome to my world of photography. I am Martijn Jebbink, born in the Netherlands and living in Rome.
I grew up in a small town, surrounded by an impressive forest. In that environment I developed my own way of looking at the world. At first, I didn’t see..
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