Reflections are at the heart of my abstract work, but getting to a place where I fully understood them took time — a lot of time. About seven years ago, I dedicated 18 months to studying reflections in modern buildings. It became an obsession, honestly. But it changed everything about how I shoot.
Why Reflections Captured Me
There’s something magical about reflections. They’re real, yet not real. They show a world that exists but in a completely altered form. You’re seeing reality through distortion, movement, colour, and angle — almost like nature’s own surrealism.
Every reflection hides multiple stories. Every angle offers a new interpretation. And that endless possibility is what hooked me.
The Study: 18 Months of Pure Exploration
For a year and a half, I photographed reflections constantly.
Different times of day.
Different seasons.
Different weather.
Different angles.
Different buildings.
I’d return to the same location over and over, waiting for the light to hit just right. I watched how sunlight shifted across the surface of glass, how colours deepened or faded, how the mood changed from morning to evening.
During this period, I barely thought about anything else. My eye became sharper, faster. I could scan a building and instantly know whether it held something worth capturing. The more I learned, the more fascinated I became.
The Breakthrough: “Outside In”
And then one day, everything clicked.
I took a photograph that I titled “Outside In.”
The moment I saw it, I knew — this was the result of all those months of study. It had the layers, the colours, the depth, and the emotional pull I had been chasing. It felt like I finally reached the level I’d been aiming for.
To this day, “Outside In” is my most loved and best-selling piece. What’s interesting is that people connect with it before they even hear the story behind it. When I explain how long it took to get there, it seems to make them appreciate it even more.
What Reflections Have Taught Me
Reflections taught me patience. They taught me how to see in a way that goes beyond the obvious. They taught me that the world is always offering something interesting — you just have to look at it from the right angle.
Most of all, they taught me that creativity rewards commitment. The deeper you study something, the more it gives back.