Bestseller from The Monochromes Collection
It’s the kind of angle that makes you stop mid-step and look up. The buildings don’t just frame the sky—they compete for it. On the left, clean lines and windows; on the right, ornate Corinthian columns that have seen centuries pass by. And then there are the birds—soaring right through the gap, caught mid-flight like punctuation marks in a sentence of stone.
The image leans heavily into contrast: the sharp shadows climbing up the facades, the sky textured with delicate streaks, the heavy architecture against the weightlessness of flight. It’s that clash—between grounded permanence and fleeting motion—that really holds attention.
There’s also a subtle rhythm in the composition. The triangular space between the buildings feels like a funnel for the birds, as if they’ve been pulled into this very moment. The photograph captures a brief intersection between time, history, and something effortlessly alive.
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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