Every Photograph from Shadows
I took a lot of photos for In Praise of Shadows and after a ton of humming and hawing and editing in Lightroom, I think I discovered at least one or two good pictures in the batch. So! Considering I hid all that with the stubborn text sitting on top, I thought it would be fun to show all the photographs here.
![A human shadow distorted across a wooden fence with a finger extended, pointing to the right](/images/shadows/1.webp)
![A glass case of ancient fossils and the shoulder of a woman looking at the material](/images/shadows/2.webp)
![A pink flower framed in a sea of wet green leaves](/images/shadows/3.webp)
![Large rocks along a shoreline with the number 13 painted on the center most rock](/images/shadows/4.webp)
![A woman with a camera around her neck, standing on the porch outside a wooden building](/images/shadows/5.webp)
![A black and white picture of a large pond in the rain. In the distance a group of tourists descend a small hill.](/images/shadows/6.webp)
![The reflection of a man in a mirror smiling, with a camera around his neck](/images/shadows/7.webp)
![A person stands on a cracked pavement](/images/shadows/8.webp)
![A grassy field with the sea in the horizon. A hint of red flowers in the middle.](/images/shadows/9.webp)
![The tiniest of green cars is parked by the side of the road. In the background, a twisted net of branches covers a wall.](/images/shadows/10.webp)
![A seagull is centered in the middle of a great blue sky.](/images/shadows/11.webp)
![Midday shadows along a rocky cliff.](/images/shadows/12.webp)
![A bookshelf.](/images/shadows/13.webp)
![Downtown San Francisco, seen from Twin Peaks. A road curves around itself in the foreground and a lone cyclist can be seen as a tiny dot.](/images/shadows/14.webp)
![Grafiti markings on a pavement.](/images/shadows/16.webp)
![Bernal Hill in the distance. It’s a summer’s day. It is warm and my feet hurt.](/images/shadows/17.webp)
![The FujiFilm X100V on a desk. The screen is lit up. The hotel room is cold but I’m excited to get out and take pictures all day long.](/images/shadows/18.webp)
![The FujiFilm X100V again. A photograph of a book is seen on the LCD screen.](/images/shadows/19.webp)
![The FujiFilm X100V yet again. But this time from a different angle. Sorry.](/images/shadows/20.webp)
![Red, pinkish flowers stretch up a stone wall.](/images/shadows/21.webp)
![A boat sails along the Seine towards a bridge. I wonder where it’s going. Everyone looks happy.](/images/shadows/22.webp)
![A blurry photo taken from a car of a field with power lines and a large, squat building in the background](/images/shadows/23.webp)
![The muscular stone back of a man in statue. He looks down to the right.](/images/shadows/24.webp)
![A woman stands in a greenhouse. Sunlight shines through the glass windows and a nest of sticks and leaves curves along her left hand side. Shadows everywhere.](/images/shadows/25.webp)
![In the Japanese Tea Garden in Portland, Oregon a couple shelter from the rain beneath a red and blue umbrella.](/images/shadows/26.webp)
![A prickly green bush.](/images/shadows/27.webp)
![From a window, a string of houses huddle on a hillside. Trees. A yellow road sign pointing to the left.](/images/shadows/28.webp)
![A Japanese Garden. It’s cold, it’s wet. I have had too much food.](/images/shadows/29.webp)
![A beautiful metal shop sign that reads 'Galerie Vivienne' is splattered with shadows in the afternoon sun.](/images/shadows/30.webp)
![Two pink flowers are found in the middle of a tiny forest of green pointy leaves.](/images/shadows/31.webp)
![A tree with flowers on every branch stretches up into a big blue sky.](/images/shadows/32.webp)
![Shadows criss-cross their way along the teeth of an enormous whale skeleton](/images/shadows/33.webp)
![A beach in Florida. Soft clouds. Scratches and footsteps in the sand. A jogger running into the distance.](/images/shadows/34.webp)
![White shoes on gravel.](/images/shadows/35.webp)
![Gold and candles and intricate carvings on a palace wall. Paintings and red curtains. Oppulence.](/images/shadows/36.webp)
![A Japanese lantern in the middle of the street.](/images/shadows/37.webp)
![A house in the distance. Foliage, trees, everywhere.](/images/shadows/38.webp)
![Rain falls from the underside of a roof. In the background a mossy roof of a Japanese building can be clearly seen](/images/shadows/39.webp)
![A hand rests on a bannister overlooking a museum filled to the brim with ancient skeletons](/images/shadows/40.webp)
![A large golden sign on a white building reads: 'Albert Tronc'](/images/shadows/41.webp)
![The Venus de Milo in the Louvre, France. The statue’s arms have been removed and she leans off to one side.](/images/shadows/42.webp)
![A tiny hole in a wooden fence reveals a house in the distance like a porthole at sea](/images/shadows/43.webp)
![A red leaf rests peacefully on the pavement. Cracks and shadows. A white spray can has marked the space next to it for some reason.](/images/shadows/44.webp)
![A seagull rests on a lamp post with a freeway sign beneath.](/images/shadows/45.webp)
![Human, monkey, chimpanzee, and ape skulls in a row with small placards written in French nearby.](/images/shadows/46.webp)
![A distorted shadow cuts a yellow building cleanly in two.](/images/shadows/47.webp)
![A lazy Sunday perfectly captured: criss-crossing electrical lines, a great blue sky, the hills of Noe Valley in San Francisco.](/images/shadows/48.webp)
![A woman with a backpack walks up a hill. Trees block her path and surround her.](/images/shadows/49.webp)
![Green and spritely, a little bush full of wet leaves sits in the foreground, a wooden fence made of slats in the background.](/images/shadows/50.webp)
![The FujiFilm X100V resting on a wooden desk.](/images/shadows/51.webp)
![A clumsy picture of a man’s face, looking down on the camera as it accidentally taitkes a picture of him.](/images/shadows/52.webp)
![A beautiful hotel in Paris. Flags wave in the breeze.](/images/shadows/53.webp)
![Foxtails are dangerous she said. I never step on them because they always hurt my dog. I laugh because her dog, Baby, is the most pathetic and beautiful create I’ve ever met. I hop over the fence, look down and snap a picture. A constellation of foxtails in every direction.](/images/shadows/54.webp)
![A photograph of a very cool man. The man is holding a camera, obscuring his face.](/images/shadows/55.webp)
![A woman walks up the stairs of the Louvre. The evening’s shadows are wilting along the stairwell and at the top, a small cluster of trees welcome her.](/images/shadows/56.webp)