I bought a hat
The shadow self-portrait—how artistic of me. And with a hat, no less!
The proportions are strange, though. My head looks too small, my shoulders blend away. Light does that sometimes. It stretches you, smudges you, makes you look like the distant cousin of yourself.
I didn’t notice any of it when I took the shot. Just the glow, the clay pot, the warmth of late afternoon. The shadow was busy doing its own thing—and I only caught it later, when it was no longer me but some squatter, lumpier version of me.
Light has a sense of humor like that.
Taken on 4 January 2023 in Oaxaca, Mexico.
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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.