Light Came Through the Window — Black and White Photographs

Black and white photographs of shapes and patterns of light falling from windows, in and around Mayank’s room.

The light came through the window, straight from the sun above. And so inside my little room, there plunged the rays of love. — Leonard Cohen

A speck of sunlight coming in through the window of Mayank’s room caught his attention on a winter morning (in 2010). He got intrigued by its interesting, abstract shape, and spent the next few hours and the next morning exploring and photographing the transient shapes and patterns that angular morning light made at different places in and around his room.

The thought of photographing ‘light’ seemed to be a very simple or basic idea so to keep the whole exercise simple, a pocket digital compact camera (Panasonic Lumix LZ10) was used for the shoot. Colour wasn’t playing a significant part in the images so they were converted to black and white during post-processing.

It turned out to be one of the most enjoyable photo shoots that Mayank indulged in and one he could do in his pajamas! The name of this series was inspired by lyrics of the song Love Itself by the late singer and songwriter Leonard Cohen. These photographs are available as affordable digital prints on archival fine art paper. Print sizes: 22 × 16 inches or 16 × 12 inches.

Top view of sunlight from a window falling on stairs and creating a geometric pattern — Light Came Through the Window 01

Horizontal streaks of sunlight falling at different levels on a folded curtain — Light Came Through the Window 02

Angular streaks of light from a window falling on a striped table cloth — Light Came Through the Window 03

Soft, leaf-like patches of morning light falling on bathroom tiles — Light Came Through the Window 04

Leaf-like patches of morning light falling on adjacent bathroom tiles — Light Came Through the Window 05

Diagonal streaks of light and shade from a window falling on scratched floor — Light Came Through the Window 06

Soft morning sunlight from a window falling on a bed and highlighting the floral design of the bedcover — Light Came Through the Window 07

Blocks of sunlight from a window falling on a balcony wall — Light Came Through the Window 08

Thin streak of morning light falling on a dark carpet and continuing on textured floor tiles — Light Came Through the Window 09

Light from a tall grilled window falling on textured floor tiles and an adjacent wall — Light Came Through the Window 10

Close-up of light coming in from a meshed window falling on a room curtain — Light Came Through the Window 11

Close-up of a streak of sunlight falling on the floor, right beside the leg of a cane chair — Light Came Through the Window 12

Closeup of a patch of light falling on floor tiles — Light Came Through the Window 13

Top view of light from a grilled window falling diagonally on stairs and creating an abstract, zig-zag pattern — Light Came Through the Window 14

Minimalistic black and white photograph of light falling diagonally inside a square ventilator — Light Came Through the Window 15

Posted in Categories: Abstract Photography, Black and White Photography and Fine Art Photography

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