This photograph captures an everyday moment - and transforms it into a silent composition. Two people move side by side, caught in a moment of exchange. Seen from a bird's eye view, they lose their individuality and become part of a larger pattern, embedded in the clear lines and surfaces of the ground.
The top-down technique alienates the scene: the viewer is not part of the conversation, but an observer from a distance. This perspective creates both closeness and strangeness - closeness because the two figures are at the centre, and strangeness because they look like figures in a geometric drawing.
The picture tells of encounters, communication and the beauty of small gestures in everyday life. The play with light, shadow and the strict order of the surfaces lends the scene a poetic weight that goes far beyond the actual motif.
Welcome to "Meinhardtart"
Since the 90s I have been working ambitiously in the fields of flora and people photography. I am an autodidactic artist, my skills I have acquired largely in self-study.
Besides general photography (Black & White and the colourful HDR photography) I also learned to love abstract art. Colours..
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