... it took me some time to post this image. For me the image does transport a decisive moment there however is no motion, no person.

What makes it possible to feel a decisive moment without those elements?

One part can be found in the light... the light here is something like the saying that you can not step in the same river twice...

On the other hand we're left alone with the question if there is someone out there in the light. Will the person show up in the image in a moment or did someone just disappear... you never will know what I saw.

The decisive moment solely exist in our imagination, we see something what is not there: an imaginary decisive moment!

I was not 100% sure about showing this one, the distortion is a bit disturbing but after all it has some magic feeling I think...

Syria - Deir Samaan (Monastery of Simeon) - May 2009

.. one year ago in Aleppo, another moment, another street.

Enjoy!

Another decisive moment or 3 and a half.....

A decisive moment from Aleppo (Syria).

During the Syria trip I visited a small village with Beehive houses (one on the background of the building), it was empty and nobody seems to be at home. Then the girl showed up and waved to come in for a tea.

Streets in Syria were too full for me, I did manage some portrait (see previous posts) but I just have a few shots from the streets. Today a first one:

maybe I am going to make a series of the "men at work"... at least I am going to post a bit more in the blog.

The images from Syria are quite different from the images from Cuba. Less street work but more portraits mainly from men at work.

I am back home now from our last trip to Burma. The images are stored on hard disk and look promising. Before showing work from Burma I first am going to continue with images from Syria.

Last days some work from Syria, we are leaving now for next trip. Today we're leaving for Myanmar.

unconventional composition in this photo...

Syria was different from Cuba and other places I visited before. In Mali I started with portraits, in Cuba besides the portraits street photography became the subject. In Syria for me the streets where too full, too crowded. When I look at first work from Syria I see more portraits, less decisive moments.

Today a first portrait from the Syria trip: