Finding a Story in Photography

When most people look at this image, they’ll probably just see an old abandoned digger covered in dirt and overgrown greenery. But that’s what I like about photography. The fact that one image can mean completely different things depending on who’s looking at it captivates me every time.

To me, this photo feels almost post-apocalyptic. Like it was once part of a busy area full of noise, work, and people, and then one day it was just left behind and forgotten. Over time, nature slowly started taking it back. The greenery growing through it, the dirt, the age of it. all of this tells a story without actually showing what happened.

At the same time, someone else could look at this and see something completely different. Maybe it’s just an old machine that’s been abandoned for years. Maybe people moved on. Maybe the place was shut down. That’s the importance of storytelling in photography to me. You don’t always need to show everything directly. Sometimes the lighting, colours, atmosphere, and subject itself are enough to make people create their own version of the story in their head.

The glowing light behind it was a huge part of that feeling for me. It gives the image a dreamlike contrast. Almost like there’s still life somewhere beyond it, even though the subject itself feels forgotten.

That’s the kind of image I enjoy creating most. Something that makes people stop for a second and think about what they’re actually looking at.