#monochromephotography

[elvinkarda]

dedicated to a bird-friend - taken with Canon 500D, 2026. // "Please let me fly with you Lifting from the ground and human strife too! Awake with the sun And singing and lifting I'll set off with you into the distance!" [excerpt from the poem: The Metamorphosis from Bird to Worm, 2024]

[ablessingrey]

Silent Witness

A face carved in stone looks outward with calm endurance, as if holding centuries of unspoken stories beneath its still surface.

[ablessingrey]

Unreachable Distance

The grey sea stretches toward a faint horizon, where water and sky dissolve into a single quiet breath.

[ablessingrey]

A Brief Wingbeat

A lone bird crosses the sky above a damp pier, its wings marking a moment soon forgotten by the waking city.

[ablessingrey]

Winter Lines

Bare branches press their silence against an iron fence, winter drawing its lines with the language of absence.

[ablessingrey]

Looking Toward the Rain

A coin-operated viewer stands quietly in the harbor rain, staring toward a horizon blurred by weather, as if keeping watch for things no longer arriving.

[ablessingrey]

Rain at the Crossroad

A figure walks through the rain, surrounded by lights, signs, and the muted music of a city moving forward.

[ablessingrey]

Face in a Borrowed Room

In a dim hotel room, the television flickers to life, revealing a woman's face that seems unaware of the quiet surrounding her. For a moment, her distant expression fills the space, as if the room had borrowed a stranger’s presence.