In this timeless black-and-white image, reality and imagination slowly intertwine. A small car disappears in the dense fog of a rural area, as if on its way to a place beyond the visible world. The scene is hushed, almost cinematic: the sound seems muted, the horizon dissolves, and only the essence remains. On the right in the foreground, a large, bare winter tree anchors the scene with its powerful silhouette. The tree acts as a silent witness to the landscape, a fixture against the fleetingness of the car dissolving into the haze.
The subtle noise in the photo adds greatly to the mood. Instead of a technically "perfect" image, it creates a soft, nostalgic texture reminiscent of analogue photography. The noise gives the scene a tangible, almost melancholic quality that detaches the moment from time and place. It seems like a memory, or a scene from an old film whose meaning lies in what you don't see: the unknown where the car is heading, the silence you can almost hear, and the tranquillity of a hushed winter landscape.
An image that is not just looked at, but felt.
Sjoerd Lammers
The Netherlands
Olympus OM-D + iPhone/Hipstamatic
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