The big window.

London 2016

Said Dal

One day during a break of making street images I entered a coffee shop where the back wall had a big window. This was a diverse structure that was lit by the Morning sun creating shadows on a large table.

I sat at the table enjoying the warm sun rays on my face, ordered a drink while I looked at the window. The scene reminded me of an image “En Provence”, I had seen in a photo book from Rene Jacques, a French Photographer (1908-2003). The book, ” how to Read a Photograph” by Ian Jeffrey was about "Understanding, interpreting and enjoying the great Photographers”

 

Structures, shadows and calculations

The description of the image “En Provence” was about structures, shadows and calculations, and this inspired me to make several images of the window.

I learned that Rene Jacques worked for photographers rights and for proper contracts with publishers.

It is Interesting to learn about Photographers rights in the history of photography.

Seems that at one point he owned 15 cameras and forty-five lenses, and knew how to work with them. If you are interested, buy the book it is a good read upon other important Photographers and their stories too.