I photographed this work on a wooden panel of an old beach house - faded by sun, salted wind and years of exposure to the elements. What was once a functional piece of painting has now become a graphic landscape full of stories. The flaking paint, the cracks in the wood, the subtle discolourations: they are scars of time, in which beauty lies.
What struck me was the way chance and nature combine to form an image that radiates strength and transience at the same time. The atmosphere is salty and melancholic; it evokes memories of the sea, silence and endless horizons.
In this work, I feel a kinship with the wabi-sabi philosophy - the Japanese idea that beauty lies in imperfection and impermanence. It is also reminiscent of the material sensibility of artists like Cy Twombly or the hushed power of Rinko Kawauchi's photography.
What makes it so special as wall art is that it is a fragment of something bigger - not literally, but in feeling. It captures the essence of a place, of a memory, without naming it. A work that opens up to interpretation and enriches a space with tranquillity, texture and depth.
Not just an image, but a moment - preserved, cracked, and all the richer for it.
TXperience is part of Hans Kwaspen Photography. Devoted for years to the beauty of Texel, this gallery is a representation of impressions as the photographer experiences them over and over again.
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