This year, first week of December the first snow fell in London - it was a special day - very cold - but intensely beautiful - I dont know why - I just felt a particular strong sense of beauty and intensity as the first, shy snow shower of the year went down in London - this made me endure the freezing cold, my stone frozen hands and just stayed out shooting until I finished the roll I had with me.
I have been modeling for Hywels sculpture class that day - the moment I came out, a second spell of snow starts to fall - i just have time quickly to change the roll - this time I wanted to shoot snow in BW - I was so enticed, lost in the magic rain of the snow - the snow it was small but very defined - like dust , I could see clearly see each single piece rolling , furiously along the wind - and the sudden change of direction of all the little snow grains - I really wanted to capture that magic snow rain movement.
Also, the air was so humid and the night begins to fall - all looked smudged with the fog - so to see faraway the traffic lights fading - gave it all an extra dreamy, xmas feel - I shot everything on purpose in BW - I was particularly interested in seeing this reality color smudged translation into a reducing, colder BW palette - I was not disappointed with the results.
Below some pictures of the first 2010 snow in London.
Color lights in BW series
N. 1 - Light bunny
Color lights in BW series
N. 2 - woman aproaching
Color lights in BW series
N. 3 - more light than snow
Color lights in BW series
N. 4 - approaching snow
The Snow Series
N. 1 - snow and wind sketch over bench
The Snow Series
N. 2 - snow scratching edges
The Snow Series
N. 3 - snow and wet floor
The Snow Series
N. 3 - bags down
