I’ve been looking for a good reason to share this photo. A good reason to share it is the desire to share it, but I wanted something more than that, for some reason.

This is the same musician as in this photo. Bit more detail here, which is nice. Doesn’t feel like a repeat. The reason why I’ve been wanting to share this photo isn’t due to comparison, however; it’s  due to how a lot of this encapsulates what I try to capture at a gig when I’m not necessarily trying to be “experimental”.

I think that I could’ve done better in terms of getting the musician to appear completely still, but that stillness is still there. I could’ve done a better job in tweaking light and contrast, too. It’s not the best I could’ve done. However, there’s a sense of space and isolation that I like. I don’t always try for those, but here I think they work as they lead to the removal of context which helps draw more attention to this person’s form. From there, the expressiveness comes through their form and shape, I think.

This is my submission into Leanne Cole‘s “Monochrome Madness” for this week. This one is hosted by Sarah of Travel with Me, and she has chosen “The Letter H” as the theme. I’ve gone with human as my H representation. The musician is behind a mask, and the mask channels imagery that might be seen as representing something not human, or beyond human. Maybe it represents worship of something or someone that is just human. Maybe it represents a tacky display that might be seen as sophistication. It seems detached from being human, but neither the figure nor the concept is.

This challenge is open to all, and I recommend joining in. If want to, check out more information about it here, and include the tag “monochrome-madness” when you share your photo. If you’d prefer not to join in, then at the least check out Leanne’s photography, and what other people submit.

I hope you enjoy.