20140129_xx_metro photo challenge

Hearing Our senses of hearing and sight are closely linked.

Visual clues help us understand what we hear people say to us, and soundtracks and other types of auditory stimuli enhance the way we experience visual input. But what about hearing alone?

And the sounds we hear? Can these phenomena be expressed in a photograph?

We often hear thunder – or maybe that eerie silence – before we see the storm. And we live in a world of sounds that send all kinds of signals to us. Every hour of every day.