cliché.A journal of looking closerAmsterdam & elsewhere

03 / A photographic journal

A passing moment.A second look.

The quiet geometry of a city. Light on familiar water. A few things worth slowing down for, in Amsterdam and elsewhere.

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Cliché. The only French thing I’m trying to avoid.

Amsterdam canal lined with narrow houses and reflected evening light
Along the water, without a hurry.Reference photograph · Unsplash / personal work to follow
Field notes / AmsterdamFilm & digital

The day, frame by frame.

From open daylight to the last reflections. An editorial sequence of reference photographs, shown in their original proportions; personal field notes will follow.

  1. 01 / Amsterdam

    Open skies. Long walks. The city in its own time.

    Wide Amsterdam canal in daylight, trees and houses reflected in the water
    Reference photograph · Unsplash

    Along the water

    Amsterdam / Daylight study

  2. 02 / Mountains

    Still water. Steep stone. A different kind of quiet.

    Mountain lake with a wooden boathouse beneath steep green slopes
    Reference photograph · Unsplash

    At the waterline

    Mountain lake / Reference study

  3. 03 / City light

    The windows switch on. Water holds the light a little longer.

    Canal at dusk, illuminated windows and a bridge reflected in still water
    Reference photograph · Unsplash

    Before the city sleeps

    Evening / Reflection study

    Dense city skyline and blue water beneath a pastel evening sky
    Reference photograph · Unsplash

    Above the avenues

    Skyline / Reference study

How the frames happen

A second-hand mirrorless, a phone, and a reason to take a walk. I’m interested in the everyday rather than the exceptional: familiar streets made unfamiliar by a change in the light. This journal is taking shape; the reference photographs here are placeholders for my own frames.