The eye sees what the mind can interpret. And the
mind interprets according to the mood of the heart. And the photographer
becomes the intersection of mind, mood, and heart.
…It was almost night in the Royal Gardens of
Belvedere Palace, Vienna when I saw the raven come down upon the barren branches of
these high trees. Somehow, before thinking about the raven, I saw neural
connections as branches against the dark sky. Then when the raven sat upon
those dendrites, the moment became Kafkaesque.
… A few days later I took night photos of the Christmas
Markets and vendors. Today, as I was looking through my negatives, I stopped on
this positive moment! It was the lady selling night lights. At first I was not
sure why this uneventful shot would get my attention, but then I realized that
the lights were like the raven. Just that they were symmetrical and bright!
There was order and harmony in this shot, compared to the Edgar Poe’s mood or
Kafka’s depressive surrender.
… I had taken two photos, a few days apart to
describe a continuum. A positive and attractive one. Full of hope, light and
calm.
Without planning.
December 12, 2016
© Vahé A. Kazandjian, 2016
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