Tag: two windows

This post introduces my Two Windows project, which is available to see on my website now. Link is here, and also at the end of the article.Today (April 16th, 2015) is a pretty miserable day. Looking out the window i’m greeted by a washed out, largely forgettable skyline (update: it actually just started raining). Living by a lake you get plenty of days like that and they have a habit of just merging into one another. Had I of woken up any time after 7, I’d have thought that the day began like that, but 5 minutes earlier, for just the briefest of moments, the sun, the clouds and the mountains all aligned to make something magic (above image). My girlfriend actually questioned why i’d taken a photo as she’d woken from her slumber just a few minutes too late.I’m not a believer in fate, but I do like the fact that the skyline produced something beautiful for a fleeting moment, exactly a year to the date that I moved into an apartment that kickstarted the Two Windows project. The project spans a year (as of today) of living in an attic of a house in the Swiss town of Nyon. The living space, although relatively large, is only graced by two windows. If I think back at all of the accommodation i’ve lived in, there’s never been somewhere with such a small amount of natural light. This would usually put me right off a property, but these old panes of glass hold something special, and it’s all down to the view.The layout is pretty simple; one window faces South, and the other looks North. Having a South facing window that overlooks a lake brings about quite a bit of satisfaction, but the North facing window, that watches over our local Château is often where I can lose a lot of my time. Each view offers something quite different, complimenting each other when displayed side by side.Capturing images over the length of a year is quite the feat of endurance, but thinking about it, Two windows may be one of the least labour intensive projects i’ve ever shot. It’s not everyday that you can make a set of images whilst still being in your pyjamas, eating a bowl of porridge. Simple to capture? Perhaps, but this collection of images gives me a great deal of satisfaction, effectively wrapping up a years worth of memories into one gallery.The Two Windows project is available to see on my website now.