In Praise of Shadows

“All the beauty of life is made up of light and shadows”

~ Leo Tolstoy

Strange as if sounds, the world we see is made more beautiful because of shadows. Just as everything looks bland without color, so everything will look flat and uninteresting without some darkness. So, let’s give a hand to shadows, for the depth and subtlety they add to our lives.

Photo: Tony Hertz.
Photo: Willy Ronis.
Photo: Cory Crawford.
Photo: Wallace Fong
Photo: Rita Tipunina.
Shadows in a Zen garden.

Photo: Thomas Kakareko.
Photo: Kryztaf.
Photo: Ashraful Arefin.
Photo: Rachel Chung.
Photo: Rachel Chung.
Photo: Anne Stolba.
Photo: Andrea Jorgensen.
Photo: Anne Stolba.
Photo: Victor Meeusen.

Photo: Anne Stolba.
Photo: Hilde Sande Berland.
Photo: Hilde Sande Berland.
Photo: Hilde Sande Berland.

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