FINDING A MOMENT OF WONDER AND JOY

My photograph delves into people's enduring fascination with soap bubbles throughout history. It aims to remind the viewer of the multifaceted nature of this seemingly simple object in nature, art, literature, science, and philosophy, as well as its association with childhood innocence, play, and wonder. This black-and-white photograph was originally part of a 54-second video clip, createdat le Sacre Coeur de Montmartre, 2019-09-28 . The image aims to capture the art of finding joy in life's simple pleasures. By removing colour, it relies on familiar shapes and patterns, contrast, texture, movement, composition, and lighting to convey its message. The people captured in the images provide insight into individuals' ways of being, doing, and acting in that particular time and place. The triangular shape of the warp used to create the bubbles connects the foreground, middle, and background spaces. The intentional blurriness resulting from capturing a video clip and then extracting a still frame adds an abstract appearance to the bubbles, creating a sense of movement that emphasises the fleeting nature of the moment.