The Art of photography

PhotographyandTime:SuspendedAnimation

THOMASBROWNKitchen, 1968

/(was(hemutedqualityofthelightthatfirst

caughtThomasBrown'seyeandledhim
to

make

thispictureInwhat hecalls
the

"long

moment"

thatthekitchenscenerepresents,everythingis

instaticbalance,atrestandwithnohintof

impendingmovement.Itisbetweenmealtimes

—

anymeal,inalmostanyhomeofitskind.

After

a

springrain,

a

desertedstreetina

suburbandevelopmentnear

Portland,

Oregon,was

recordedwithaviewcameraExploitingmanyofthe

qualitiesoftenfoundinlandscapephotographs

—

finedetail,subtlehuesand

careful

composition

—the

photographergivestothisman-madescene

somethingofthetimelessserenityassociatedwith

naturalviews.Understill-roilingclouds,the

drenchedstreetwindsthroughtheclustered

rooftopslikeariverbetweenmountainpeaks.