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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Be Inspired and Learn Something New

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.

Les bonbons sous globe by Mhelene

There were a couple of multi-exposures, created both in-camera, and digitally, which played on ideas of transparency.

Pluie colorée by Jacques

X-Ray Dream and Haunted by Newman

Black and white photography, which accentuates light and form, pairs well with transparency to create some artistic imagery.

A man in a tent by Blikvanger

Instemps de ville by Thami

This unique art installation in Athens photographed by Dimitrios provided an excellent exploration of transparency.

Tehom 3 by Dimitrios

Several Substack photographers shared some fantastic images as well including this one from

Joe Callender

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.

Photo by Joe Callender

Donn Dobkin

posted this remarkable and poetic image for the prompt:

Photo by Donn Dobkin

See all the photos shared for last week’s Transparent prompt.

1. 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.