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they hold each other like punctuation against the vastness — a comma of tenderness in a sentence made of stone and sky. the architecture curves not toward shelter but toward meaning, and even the silence seems designed. here, light is a language, and emptiness speaks.
a fleeting silhouette climbs into the light, framed by brutalist curves and the hush of concrete. the world below watches in shadow, as if remembering a dream it never lived.
This is a real photo. NO AI
A dinner setup right in the middle of the sky. Kind of like that fancy hotel room from 2001: A Space Odyssey,
📷 Black and white photograph
🗼 The Eiffel Tower illuminated at the center of the frame
🌃 Nighttime capture / evening atmosphere
💡 Two visible street lamps lighting the scene
🚶♂️🚶♀️ Blurred silhouettes of pedestrians in motion
️ Cobblestone pavement in the foreground, typical of Paris
️ Hazy or artistically blurred effect
📷 Image en noir et blanc
📷 Black and white photograph
🗼 La tour Eiffel éclairée au centre de l’image
🗼 The Eiffel Tower lit up at the center of the image
🌃 Prise de nuit / ambiance nocturne
🌃 Night shot / evening atmosphere
💡 Deux lampadaires visibles, éclairant la scène
💡 Two street lamps visible, lighting the scene
🚶♂️🚶♀️ Silhouettes floues de passants en mouvement
🚶♂️🚶♀️ Blurred silhouettes of people walking
️ Sol pavé au premier plan, typique de Paris
️ Cobblestone street in the foreground, typical of Paris
️ Effet brumeux ou flou artistique
️ Hazy or artistic blur effect
Matériel utilisé : Mamiya C220, pellicule Fomapan 400
Gear used: Mamiya C220, Fomapan 400 film
Fomadon Rxcel stock normal time
Type d’image : reproduction argentique d’une scène urbaine nocturne
Image type: analog reproduction of a night-time urban scene
she sits where the street dissolves—half in memory, half in light. behind the pane, life continues to blur, but her gaze remains still, rooted like a question that never needed answering.
The place remembers
The conversations.
The silence in between.
The weight of two people sitting close and watching the waves.
behind glass and silence, a mannequin in gold gazes into nothingness — yet within her, the silhouette of a passerby flickers like a memory she cannot name. something stirs, as if her chest remembers what her body never lived.
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Surprisingly, filming took place in the region of Kakheti — a striking and rugged area with semi-desert landscapes, rarely mentioned as a film location. Whether this particular scene will appear in the new series The Eighth Life is uncertain, but it wouldn’t be unexpected; the atmosphere fits the tone of the story perfectly. The Eighth Life is a sweeping family saga by Georgian-German author Nino Haratischwili. The story spans six generations and more than a century, set against the backdrop of the turbulent histories of Georgia, Russia, and the Soviet Union. The narrator, Niza, is a young woman from Georgia who recounts her family’s history to her niece Brilka. It begins around 1900 with her great-grandfather — a gifted chocolatier in Tbilisi — who invents a delicious yet fateful recipe for hot chocolate. Everyone who comes into contact with it seems cursed: their fortunes and ambitions are repeatedly derailed by tragedy, oppression, or loss. The novel interweaves deeply personal stories with major historical events such as the Russian Revolution, the Stalinist era, the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the Georgian civil war. The upcoming series aims to capture the novel’s emotional and historical depth. It is being developed as an international production, partly filmed in Georgia, with a strong focus on authenticity and period atmosphere.
A recent film shoot took place in the remote Georgian region of Kakheti, known for its wild, semi-desert landscapes. While it’s unclear if this scene will appear in the upcoming series The Eighth Life, the setting aligns beautifully with the story’s tone — a rich, multigenerational saga that traces the fate of one family across a century of upheaval in Georgia and the Soviet Union. The production aims to bring authenticity and emotional depth to the screen.
Verrassend genoeg vonden er filmopnames plaats in de regio Kakheti — een indrukwekkend en ruig gebied met halfwoestijnachtige landschappen, dat zelden als filmlocatie wordt genoemd. Of deze opname daadwerkelijk zal worden gebruikt in de nieuwe serie The Eighth Life is niet bekend, maar het zou goed kunnen: het landschap sluit perfect aan bij de sfeer van het verhaal. The Eighth Life is een meeslepende familiesaga van de Georgisch-Duitse schrijfster Nino Haratischwili. Het verhaal beslaat zes generaties en meer dan een eeuw, met als achtergrond de woelige geschiedenis van Georgië, Rusland en de Sovjet-Unie. De verteller is Niza, een jonge vrouw uit Georgië, die haar familiegeschiedenis vertelt aan haar nichtje Brilka. Het verhaal begint rond 1900 bij haar overgrootvader — een getalenteerde chocolatier in Tbilisi — die een verrukkelijk maar noodlottig recept ontwikkelt voor een warme chocoladedrank. Iedereen die ermee in aanraking komt, lijkt onder een vloek te vallen: rijkdom en ambitie worden telkens verstoord door rampen, onderdrukking of verlies. De roman verweeft intieme levensverhalen met grote historische gebeurtenissen, zoals de Russische Revolutie, de Stalin-jaren, de val van de Sovjet-Unie en de burgeroorlog in Georgië. De televisiebewerking wil recht doen aan deze rijke historische en emotionele gelaagdheid. Het wordt een internationale productie, deels opgenomen in Georgië, met veel aandacht voor authenticiteit en historische context.
Artist Statement:
This piece captures a moment of bleak suspension a dock that extends into churning water, illuminated dimly by a reluctant sky. No One Came Back From the Lake is about memory, disappearance, and the haunting absence that sometimes lingers louder than presence.
Rain becomes a curtain. The warped boards hint at use, but not recently. The mountain in the distance is both destination and obstacle. I wanted this work to feel like the last frame of a forgotten film, where you know something happened something profound or tragic but you are denied clarity.
This is grief without explanation. An image that asks more questions than it answers.
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Crafted from the depths of my artistic consciousness, this piece is a testament to the intricate dance between knowledge and imagination, where AI serves as my brush and digital realms my canvas. SD + Photoshop
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Fujifilm X-S10
XC50-230mmF4.5-6.7 OIS
The word “Noir” always reminds me of words like Moody, dark, dramatic and most importantly cinematic. While the word literally translates to "black" or “dark", Noir Photography is still a highly recognised and well-respected form of storytelling even today. Well that’s my opinion as a Photojournalist. But setting that aside, What makes Noir Photography so intense and beautifully sinful is the Dramatic lighting, the right composition, exact focus technical skills on the angles and most importantly, understanding Mood of the story and emotions that’s involved.
Noir Photography involves more than just adding light to the subject as it is used to create shadows, highlights, flares to create a Scene or make the photos talk a dramatic story. Right Lighting in noir photography is important as it adds dimension to the shot by lighting them from the side instead of the front. Subjects lit from the front are bright and easy to see Hence these bright, flat images aren't consistent with noir Photography style.
In Noir Photography the play of lights is the trick. Do it right and you’re the greatest magician alive! Shadows and highlights stand important (read very important) as they create a sharp and distinct emotion which helps the photographer convey his message across to the viewer and for the viewer it is also an amazing visual treat as to how many dimensions can be given to a single object just by changing the source of the light.
The beauty of Noir scene is that they qualify low lighting conditions yet the style relies on a high contrast between the darker and lighter parts of the scene and thus the art of noir photography forces you to keep the sync between the light and camera lens so that the shadows and dark corners enhance the dark mood of each shot.
As a Photographer, one very peculiar feature about the noir I enjoy to the core is the amount of expression each image can let out. And when its noir, film is the way to go!
Why does Film Noir stays special to me?
Being a Photojournalist myself, i love the raw emotions mood and drama to be captured through my ideas in the form of cinematic stills. i truly enjoy it as it involves a completely different approach to the technical precision I try to use in my normal portrait photography:
1.I love city subjects indoors or at night, often involving people.
All shots are black and white, high contrast and so the are bold and speak the point.
2.I use available light only, no flash.
3.I enjoy the freedom of using a shallow depth of field with selective focus.
4.I make no effort to avoid lens reflections as i love the flares it adds a lot of drama.
5.I love the treat of post-processing, dramatic cropping playing with the focus and love adding digital noise when I have to.
Noir or Black-and-white photography has a special quality that I enjoy very much and recently I have been trying to bring some of the elements of Film Noir into some of the photos I take. And as I sign off for the day, I’d like to present some of the recent Noir work I did... I’d like to present some of the recent Noir work I did...for more dramatic pictures click here: shraddhalotlikar.com/gallery/noir-photography/