Walls of abandoned houses are very often atmospheric. Precisely because the years can be seen on them. This wall in Goa in India used to be bright orange, but the merciless tropical sunlight has long since reduced the colour to a mixture between light brown and orange. You can also tell from the harsh shadows of the overhanging roof that more is wrong. In India, many walls are still painted with advertisements. The same happened here some time ago. The bottom half of the wall was painted white and then a tin with a slogan drawn on it. Meanwhile, the reddish-brown dust has blown up from the ground and the image and slogan have faded. Together, an image of what has been and abandoned, but not gloomy or depressing because of the light and shadows that together enliven the image and thus keep it interesting despite nothing having happened for a long time. A house that people have simply walked past for a long time.
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…