My main interest in the urban setting is silence. One almost never finds real silence in cities, but now and then I come across a scene that evokes an atmosphere of silence – by which I mean an atmosphere of stillness, reflection, intimacy. This might arise from a figure sitting apart in contemplation, a certain arrangement of objects, or an unexpected confrontation with oneself in the reflective surface of a shop window. I find these moments all the more powerful for their contrast to the noise and activity that surrounds them. They have a starkness and immediacy that seems to lend itself to pictorial representation. I imagine the framing of the composition as, in a sense, the border that separates one moment with its particular thoughts and feelings from the chaos of the world. http://susannedutoit.com
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