Between the gables

Written By Christopher Pearce
Tall Amsterdam canal houses reflected in still water, with yellow autumn leaves floating on the surface under a soft grey sky.

Between The Gables. 2012,

Narrow canal houses lean toward one another, their dark facades and warm windows stacked like characters in a quiet conversation. Autumn leaves drift across the surface of the water, breaking the reflections into soft, shifting fragments of colour. I am drawn to this calm pause in the city, where the geometry of gables and waterline turns a familiar Amsterdam street into a held breath.

24 mm, f/2.8, 1/800 sec, ISO 125.

Christopher Pearce
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