A plane above

Written By Christopher Pearce
A perfectly symmetrical red brick gable fills the lower half of the frame, its ridge meeting the center of the image and pointing into a pale, clouded sky, where a small propeller plane flies just above the roofline against the soft grey background.

A plane above. 2024.

A simple red brick gable anchors this image, its symmetry and clean lines giving the scene a quiet, grounded feel. Above it, a small propeller plane crosses the soft grey sky, a fleeting detail that only reveals itself once you pause and look. The contrast between the heavy, familiar architecture and the distant movement overhead suggests a quiet tension between staying put and moving on. It is a modest suburban scene, but one that opens out into a larger, more imagined space.

85 mm · 1/320 sec · f/22 · ISO 250 · 01/2024

Christopher Pearce
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