A Man Feeding Swans in the Snow by Marcin Ryczek

CONTRAST. “ From ancient myth to modern fairytales, the swan is the focus for a great mass of myth and tradition, “the spotless bird whose whiteness, strength and grace have made it a living manifestation of light”. But a key part of the swan’s folklore is the separation of light and dark, as represented by the white and the black swan. This dichotomy is generally played as good versus evil, as in the Russian ballet Swan Lake, where Prince Siegfried falls in love with the bewitched swan queen Odette, only to be deceived into proclaiming his love for her malevolent doppelganger, the black feathered Odile. The swan’s allegorical heritage is full of stories of tragic love, transformation and the defeat of darkness by light. Here, by at once harnessing these concepts and eschewing them, Myczek’s monochrome shot transforms a totally unconscious subject performing a modest act into an image of great power and symbolism.”

“Myczek’s monochrome shot transforms a totally unconscious subject performing a modest act into an image of great power and symbolism”

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