When the Burden Becomes Beauty
There are days when the burdens of the photographer’s life—the endless hauling, lugging, shouldering of gear from studio to shadowed streets—fade away in a single breath, a single image.
Call it a shooter’s clarity of vision.
Or call it a serendipitous moment when the picture long held behind your eyes—since the day you vowed to chase light as a professional—suddenly stands before you.
A Vision Long Carried, Finally Seen
The frame that was born in thought now mirrored by reality, staring back through your searching lens, whispering softly,
“What took you so long? We’ve been waiting.”
At winter’s end in Europe, after completing a task for Sulzer Medica and Herring Design, I found a rare gift—a day to wander Zurich.
The Winter Soul of Zurich
A bleak, garish winter day, cold and stripped of warmth—typically Swiss, as if memory itself had folded into hues of grey, black shadows, and flashes of white cold light.
In the Fog, A City Whispers
I wandered the medieval heart of Zurich, where narrow, cobblestone streets whisper histories and doorways hold silent secrets, all cloaked in a gauzy fog.
Where were the images I dreamed of? The ones that could capture the essence of Zurich’s winter soul?
Ghosts of Light on the Limmat
Turning a corner, I found myself on the banks of the Limmat River,
where lantern-lit bridges sliced through the mist like ghosts of light.
A solitary figure strode across one span, head held high, arms pumping with quiet resolve.
And then, frame by frame, the visions I’d carried for years unfolded—
sly, shy, elegant—all in black and white.
Black, White, and Everything Swiss
How pragmatic.
How Swiss.
How utterly Zurich.
Limited Edition Details
Available in a Limited Edition of 15, with 2 Artist Proofs—a compelling print for collectors, designers, and admirers of black and white photography.
