Intent
Behind the frame
- What I was trying to do:
- I was in Pisa with my film camera, where I, of course, wanted to pay tribute to Martin Parr’s picture of the tower. When I got there, I was overwhelmed by the number of tourists. To my disappointment, replicating Parr’s moment was impossible because part of the tower was cordoned off and there was some maintenance work going on. Instead, I noticed a car with a trailer attached to it, from which something was being thrown out. I decided to approach it from the side and realised that I had a nice composition, with a maintenance building in the background and the Leaning Tower of Pisa literally looking out from behind it. I looked through the viewfinder and felt that the foreground was still missing something, so I decided to wait for some passers-by. I like this photo for its compositional juxtaposition and dynamism: the people are facing and moving in different directions, while also being juxtaposed through their here-and-now “class relationship” as a manual worker and a casual tourist. At the same time, the upper layer of the photo repeats this juxtaposition, with the maintenance work set against the tourist attraction of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
Featured
denys's first featured photograph, chosen by the editors for #40 Monochrome.
Response
Community feedback
Editor's note
Very cool Denys, love the tower peaking around the corner.
Thanks a lot Josh, very appreciate that!
Member comments
Really like the composition in this one 📸👌
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