Noticing the noticers
I walked past this wall and thought, “Huh. Chairs.”
Came back a few minutes later and caught these two doing the same thing. Except they somehow made a scene for me.
The pillars in the foreground lined up, a bit of foliage dipped in from the top, and the chairs suddenly looked like they were waiting for roll call.
None of it was dramatic. No golden hour glow, no moody shadows. Just a strange little installation on a quiet street, noticed twice—first by me, and then properly, when they noticed it too.
Taken on 1 December 2017 in Adliya, Bahrain.
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🪟 Probably Nothing is an every-so-often photo log where each issue features one small moment that was… well, probably nothing. Think morning light on a coffee maker, or the way a cloud decides to be dramatic on an otherwise unremarkable day.