Scaffolders Set To Sail Canvas Print

While in Beirut where you can see construction sites almost everywhere I noticed in the distance 2 scaffolders at work on a new construction fa�ade. The direct mid-day sunlight was casting quite an interesting shadow effect to the scene which really looked to me, without too much imagination I must say, like a boat setting sail and getting ready to go. Seeing a small cloud heading towards the sun, I had to quickly grab my cam and long lens to record the scene while it lasted.

So many beautiful things around us, fleeting moments which too often remain unnoticed. They are looking at us, watching us, calling us silently, hoping to be noticed, remembered, and maybe immortalized with a photograph. Professional photographer in Lebanon and the US since 1972, and photography professor at the American University of Beirut from 1997 to 2020, I have always made it a point to find time to create my very own images, looking, seeing, appreciating, and dwelling in the scene, trying to bring out and share the essence of what I see through the viewfinder, which I love to call “My Magic Window”. A look in the eyes, a tree in the sun, dancing reflections on water, all whispering to my senses “Look at...