Holiday in Rhodes
I’m sure that you saw the horrendous wildfires in Greece this Summer. We had booked a holiday in Rhodes which was badly affected.
Fortunately for us we were about 30 miles north of the nearest fires and the worst thing that we suffered were a few power cuts. I urge you to seek out the work of Gideon Mendel who photographs the aftermath of climate disasters. His images on Rhodes are extraordinary. Google his images or find him on Instagram. I’m certainly not brave enough to tackle such subjects so here, for light relief, are three street photographs that I captured during my holiday there. The main image is the street portrait painter, his work displayed alongside him, sitting in the heat under the large parasol whilst awaiting his next commission. The world goes on around him as he scrolls through his phone to pass the time. This image, in my opinion, needs to be in colour to tell the full story whilst my other image, due to the strong, directional lighting, works best in monochrome. The diagonal shadows add drama to the scene. The wall has round windows so I was pleased to capture a foreground figure carrying a large, round brimmed hat. It wasn’t set up, it was patience ( I
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waited for a suitable figure to pass the background) and pure luck. This is an oft used technique for me, I identify a promising background and then wait for something to happen in the foreground. For me, this needs to be something or someone that ‘matches’ or compliments the background perhaps by colour or shape. Steve Boyle www.instagram.com/shoreham_steve
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