At the Baron and Baroness’ Castle, Tuscany

I often get asked what inspires me.

It all do I answer…

It’s not one thing but many things brought into consciousness that shape the excitement of creating pictures.

 

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A couple of months back I, through friends, got invited to a castle outside Tuscany. I don’t think any photographer could step into this place and not be excited to take pictures! It was visually stunning and truly inspiring.

As I stand in a place like this and take in the atmosphere I always ask myself about the stories this place have shaped.

Who has been standing at this very spot prior to myself? What did they do and what were they like?

Who would they remind me of? A character from a movie or someone I know?

Would they be a part of a recurring dream or some desire of my own? What in myself would I see in them?

 

From this mindset visuals start flowing and stories take shape. I then relate these stories back to myself and ask if I can bring my current life into it.

Something current that my heart is engaged in that will compel me to craft new images that has emotional meaning to me.

It then becomes a mishmash of ideas that somehow urge me to manifest them through pictures…

 

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I like how these images stand on their own as both a travel journal and simple emotional context the spaces carry.

The true gift of the time spent there though was what I took home. Both the place and the experience there subtly instigated a change in how I approach my work.

 

So I can honestly say; I’m inspired!

Inspired by a lot of small things prompted by the experience at an amazing place in the Tuscan countryside.

So what inspires me?

It all does…

What’s needed though to bring it “all” together is a compelling enough instigator which creates a reason to capture or express, and this place in Tuscany was that for me…

 

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3 responses to “At the Baron and Baroness’ Castle, Tuscany”

  1. Wow, what a place!!
    Utrolig inspirerende!

  2. Dear Erik, you couldn’t have expressed my same feelings any better. I’m mostly fascinated by history and therefore I have undertaken a personal project depicting historical re-enactors … I feel the same as you when walking into a place like the castle you had the honour to visit… who has been there before us and how did they look like, what did they wear and how was their life. Truly inspiring.

    Thank you for sharing and thank you for creating such elegant imagery.
    Thank you

  3. Really, beautiful place. Looks ancient!

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