There are times when you happen upon a scene that makes you pause. Life reaches out, connects dots in your experience and catapults you to a new level of awareness and insight.
DOG WATCH - A Siberian Husky & Portuguese Water Dog wait for their master in the shade of a tree growing from a colorless hardscape. This is the first image in my series of MOMENTS photographs.
DOG WATCH
On my way into the village, I took a shortcut along a tree-lined walkway and came upon a white Siberian Husky & black Portuguese Water Dog. Their body language communicated contradictions: calm and excitement, confidence and wariness, coiled energy and straight-forward in-the-moment ease. As striking as the Husky and Water Dog were, however, the setting in which they waited seemed somehow unreal. I reached for my camera and attempted to capture this balance of opposites.
The walk and wall were lifeless, colorless cement; the only life was the tree with brilliant green foliage and the two dogs waiting in its shade. This Trompe-l‘oeil-like scene was both an optical illusion and an authentic moment.
DOG WATCH is available as a collectible archival print at Mark Roger Bailey | Art with options for professional mounting, matting and hardwood framing.
More MOMENTS to follow …