You cannot tell from the outside what is happening inside. Modern business premises are anonymous buildings constructed of plastic or metal walls. Square or rectangular boxes that look repellent in the landscape. That is not quite the case here because this shed is on the harbour side and next to it was a ship from which a large crane was unloading scoop after scoop of raw material for something. What, again, that was not clear. But otherwise they are the modern castles with all the extras missing, no towers or battlements, no gate or castle bridge. But the same sense of intimidation and veiled power but in an inward-looking form. The absolute minimalism is then broken by the pointed roof of a building next door that also reflects itself in the shadows and the railing suggests that there must still be people around.
My great loves are the water and everything about it. Ships, travel, history and photography. The combination is therefore very common in my photographic work. Most photographs are created intuitively. It is an image that strikes me, usually a combination of form and color in which a.. Read more…