I came across this photo from the great Hungarian/French photographer Brassai and its impact hit me immediately. It’s a powerful image that is filled with emotional and narrative potentials.
Just a glimpse at it elicits some sort of response.
For me, it was like a scene from a bad dream. Running from some unseen menace through the dark in an unknown place. Hot and humid. Stumbling over cobblestones.
Maybe for you, it raises a different narrative. Maybe running heroically toward a dire situation.
Maybe not. Maybe it’s just a great photo with wonderful contrasts that is beautifully composed. Whatever the case, I like it and thoughts it raises in me.
I thought I’d try to find something that fit the image and came up with Blue Shadows in the Street from Dave Brubeck.I’m not sure this quite fits the bill but I like it. Hope you do as well. Have a great Sunday.
“…then, just as he reached the pool of light, the unmistakable crack of a Tokarev TT-33 rang out, and…”
Absolutely, all kinds of narratives spring to mind, it’s a wonderful photo. The first story line for me, would be the only podiatrist’s office still open at that hour, at the end of all those cobblestones.
That’s funny…