Slender steel rods fan out like fallen spokes against a monolithic concrete plane, their sharp silhouettes fractured by the lowering sun. Two stark clock hands hover above the chaos, casting elongated shadows that slice the wall in a midnight-blue diagonal. Rough, pale-gray textures absorb the light, while the pronounced shadow of a stairway railing carves a bold, geometric counterpoint. An atmosphere of suspended time and quiet tension hangs in the air, as if the moment just before midnight has been fragmented—and paused—on this raw, urban canvas
Slender steel rods fan out like fallen spokes against a monolithic concrete plane, their sharp silhouettes fractured by the lowering sun. Two stark clock hands hover above the chaos, casting elongated shadows that slice the wall in a midnight-blue diagonal. Rough, pale-gray textures absorb the light, while the pronounced shadow of a stairway railing carves a bold, geometric counterpoint. An atmosphere of suspended time and quiet tension hangs in the air, as if the moment just before midnight has been fragmented—and paused—on this raw, urban canvas

Concrete Clock Casts Sharp Shadows | 混凝土钟投射锐影

Geometry pauses under noon sun | 正午阳光下几何暂停
  • 55mm 43mm
  • ƒ/2.5
  • 1/2000s
  • ISO 64
  • +1/4ev
Stepping through a cream-colored noren, a figure in a pale-blue kimono and patterned hakama lifts a woven kasa hat, sunlight catching his glasses and revealing a calm, confident gaze. Behind him, weathered wooden beams, earthen plaster walls and a latticed window frame his silhouette, while a small ceramic tanuki statue crouches by the doorstep. The warm glow of afternoon light softens the scene, blending time-worn architecture with the quiet dignity of traditional dress
Stepping through a cream-colored noren, a figure in a pale-blue kimono and patterned hakama lifts a woven kasa hat, sunlight catching his glasses and revealing a calm, confident gaze. Behind him, weathered wooden beams, earthen plaster walls and a latticed window frame his silhouette, while a small ceramic tanuki statue crouches by the doorstep. The warm glow of afternoon light softens the scene, blending time-worn architecture with the quiet dignity of traditional dress