Photography is nothing but writing with light. Every time the shutter opens, the light on the sensor or the film freezes a fragment of a second. Thus, like a poetic prose or poem, elements such as the frame, colors, subjects, and themes converge to create a visual sentence that alters one’s life. Akin to the written eulogies about the pleasures of summertime excitement, photography, too, evokes sentiments with the varying play of light. For instance, a cozy room—bathing in the honey-yellow brilliance of the setting sun—will elicit feelings of serenity, contentment, and a sense of fulfillment. However, contrasty pictures captured under the scorching sun could have an opposing influence, as the recent exhibit at Bruce Silverstein Gallery depicts.
