White Wells

I took this picture a while ago at White Wells in Ilkley, I have several of the building from the front and back looking out over the moors and also over Ilkley itself, however I find this one more interesting than the conventional photographs; I think this is due to the fact that there isn’t that much going on or to see and so drawn into it, in an attempt to actually find something, one starts to wonder what is there that can’t be seen. A couple of friends on my course mentioned that on initial viewing it looks black and white due to the white wall and black drain pipe, an obvious conclusion but there is a fringe of green at the bottom and also through the archway, so this could be classed as a small, very small, reward. What you see is not always the full or correct picture, a misrepresentation yet corrected when viewed a little deeper. It’s simplicity as a photograph is quite striking; mainly due to the textures giving it is strength plus the vanishing point created by the walls and also the roof.

For some of us, this type of photograph is a frustration due to the lack of answers, ‘What is on the other side’, isn’t that a question we all want to know. For some, the multitude of fantastical places it leads to is so much more than actually knowing.