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This close-up doesn’t just capture a detail—it feels like it taps into the personality of the fountain itself. The sculpted face, with its expressive features and intense gaze, seems caught mid-sentence, as though about to whisper some old Roman secret. The droplets of water suspended in the air give the photo a strange tension, like a held breath right before a word is spoken.
The textures here really stand out. The stone feels rough and timeworn, while the water contrasts with its delicate clarity and motion. Light hits the surface just enough to catch those frozen drops, adding a fleeting sense of life to something carved from stone.
The decision to shoot this in black and white makes everything more tactile. Without color, your eye dives into the forms, the shadows, the expression—there’s more to interpret, and it lingers with you.
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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