Le Départ

© Marc Nader 1983

< What drew my attention in this scene was the minimal color palette of Blues and Reds, the boldness of curved and straight geometrical lines, nicely complemented by the deep shadows, sharply contrasting with the softness of the light blue background. And most of all that sun peeping off and on above the chimney.

The ever moving elements in relation to each other - including me - presented a major challenge, especially since I was hand-holding a super wide angle camera. I had to be very patient trying to adjust for the horizontality and the right positioning of the horizon line, while keeping it perpendicular to the verticals. And above all that, I was waiting for the sun to be rightly positioned between the chimney and the image top. Actually I had to wait about 5 endless minutes before all those elements fell into place. Who ever said that photographers lack patience ... ? :)

The image was shot in 1983 with a Hasselblad SWC equipped with a 38mm Biogon Carl Zeiss Wide-Angle lens (equivalent to a 21mm in the 135 format), on Ektachrome 64 transparency film.

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