Photography Prompt: Cycles
Week of 2024-05-18 to 2024-05-24
Create and share photos inspired by this week's prompt, "Cycles" on your Aminus3 website, Substack Notes, or linked in the comments on this post.
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It is said that history repeats itself, or perhaps more accurately it rhymes1.
We live in a world of cycles.
Seasonal cycles. Solar, lunar, and planetary cycles.
Even our daily routines tend to follow similar pathways day after day.
Cultural trends follow cycles too. Simply count the number of record shops springing up all over as proof that what was old, is once again new.
Like those record players, all these cycles keep spinning us right round again.
What cycles do you observe in your life?
How would you photograph them?
If all that sounds overly complicated or strange, you can surely find a few other kinds of cycles that work for you.
Last Week’s Prompt Photos for “Transparent”
The idea of transparent provided great opportunities for creative experimentation.
Plays on reflections as well as concepts of “inside” and “outside” were blended together for visual delights.
There were a couple of multi-exposures, created both in-camera, and digitally, which played on ideas of transparency.
Black and white photography, which accentuates light and form, pairs well with transparency to create some artistic imagery.
This unique art installation in Athens photographed by Dimitrios provided an excellent exploration of transparency.
Several Substack photographers shared some fantastic images as well including this one from
which creatively uses the colorful blur of a passing Amazon truck to frame the New York City skyline.You can find a good discussion behind this image on the original post.
posted this remarkable and poetic image for the prompt:
See all the photos shared for last week’s Transparent prompt.
The quote "History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme." is commonly attributed to Mark Twain with the caveat that this could have been a misattribution. Regardless, it is a poetic way to describe how things come around in similar ways across time.
Love this collection of images in response to your latest prompt.
Thanks for the mention! Fun prompt!