Sticking with the black and white theme, this is a shot from my Still|Life series, inspired by the work of Duane Michaels. I love long exposures and the shifts in reality you get by playing with the idea of "an instant". So often photography is considered to be a medium of "moments", but it can also be a very long series of moments condensed into a single image. It's like making a movie on one frame of film :) Thematically, this is to do with introspection and reflection. Hope you enjoy it.

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• Beautiful and very interesting.
  Frank @ 21/10/06 - 17:47
• This is a really interesting photo with lots of untold stories. Excellent work!
  moodaholic @ 22/10/06 - 02:43
• I love the dreamy feeling in this. I think it could have been fun seeing that person in the bed too. Sort of an 'out of body' experience... :) Half awake and half asleep.
  [ PIXEL VIKING ] @ 24/10/06 - 05:42
• It's funny you say that. This shot was just a test for precisely the tyoe of shot you mention. I'll post that one at some time.
  Geoff @ 24/10/06 - 07:55
• Wow. very nice how you played with light and exposure in this great photo
  derLitograph @ 27/02/07 - 23:24
• This is really interesting and toned beautifully. I gave up on Photo Friday a while back because the caliber of work just didn't seem to be there. This restores my faith. A well-deserved Noteworthy.
  picturegrl @ 28/02/07 - 00:43
• Wonderful theory, idea, and execution here. Congrats on the noteworthy. Well deserving shot.
  Jeff Ambrose @ 02/03/07 - 16:42
• Absolutely ingenious! I especially like the way light reflects on your back.
  Congratulations on PhotoFriday also ;)
  Titus
  The Obvious @ 02/03/07 - 22:31
• i love this! congrats on winning noteworthy on Photo Friday
  l337 @ 03/03/07 - 16:14
• Cool as! This image has just won a Silver Award at the QLD state Professional Photography Awards. I'm now officially an award winning photographer ;)
  Geoff @ 31/03/07 - 13:04
• Sublime scene, nicely captured, you have played with the long exposure (15 s) like a master.
  Jesus @ 10/04/07 - 17:22
• Nicely shot, successful lighting and exposure.
  
  I'm wondering why is he sitting there... Why is the bed so clean and perfectly made?
  
  I like the closed nature of the room in which he resides. There are no windows or other openings visible, only empty walls. Perhaps this alludes to something, or gives us an idea of why he is here.
  Jason @ 07/06/07 - 09:32
• Certainly an enigmatic picture. The wonderful streaming light and overall soft feel. A strange room. Is it a cell?, yet the bed has three sides, is it a child's bed?. Why is the chair so small?
  
  A true mystery well done.
  Alan Young @ 15/01/09 - 04:40