Journal

Road Mirror

A personal note on reflection, travel, and the strange usefulness of accidental frames.

Road scene reflected in a vehicle mirror

Some photographs happen because the frame finds you first.

A mirror, a window, a reflection in glass. These surfaces split the scene into parts and make the act of looking visible. You are inside the photograph and outside it at the same time.

I like road pictures for that reason. They remind me that movement changes the way attention works.

Reflection and movement are recurring parts of travel photography, but they also shape how I see commissioned work. A good documentary photograph often includes the feeling of looking, not just the thing being looked at.

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