Photograph On Paper
A toy house turned on its side on faded grass and Icelandic mountains in the background
Iceland | 2023 | #16

"It fell over, let it lie" by Demetriusz Wenglarczyk

From the "Frames of Iceland" photography series.

I tend to photograph the things that get in front of my camera.

Lee Friedlander

Scenes like this often catch my attention. There is a certain longing for unfulfilled childhood dreams in this photograph, a sense of loneliness and misunderstanding, and yet a hope that everything is going to be all right. Something that cannot be grasped. Someone will come along one day and put this toy house back in its place. And then it will be blown away again by the cold wind.

What works for me here

Layers of light and shadow and a colour palette.

Soundtrack of the moment

"Far from home" - song by Valborg Ólafs | Listen