{"id":8317,"date":"2024-07-09T20:32:57","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T19:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/photoa.nl\/view\/?page_id=8317"},"modified":"2026-04-15T13:05:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T12:05:59","slug":"shadows-of-the-essence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/photoa.nl\/view\/shadows-of-the-essence\/","title":{"rendered":"Shadows of the Essence"},"content":{"rendered":"\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n\n\n\n<p>My work often circles around the theme of transience, offering a quiet ode to what is fading. In this series, I turn my attention to plants and their shadows, fragile presences reduced to their purest form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I want to keep them visible before they disappear. By photographing them, I try to hold onto a fleeting moment of stillness, when light and form briefly align. What draws me is not only their beauty, but the inevitability of their passing. 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