The Silence of Winter

The first rays of sunlight break through the thick winter light and touch the frozen ground. Mist hangs like a veil over the landscape, a curtain between night and day. This is a moment of transition, captured: a still morning in which time becomes almost tangible. The trees stand there, leafless, yet full of stories. They whisper in the cold, but it is still too early to understand them.

The day continues, and the magic of the morning lingers. The snow rests like a thin blanket over the branches, a delicate interplay of cold silence and warm colors. The branches seem to hold a winter secret, as if they carry a message from the night. The morning light embraces them, promising warmth, yet itself remains elusive. The world is silent, yet alive.

As the morning unfolds, attention is drawn to something small, something you could almost overlook: a wooden beam, adorned with a thin layer of snow. The third photograph takes us to this intimate scene. The beam is weathered, battered by time, but bears the marks of a winter that gently leaves its mark. The light plays with the ice crystals, and the story of winter is told here in its most minute detail.

The silence is suddenly broken by movement. The snow begins to dance, driven by an invisible force. The flakes are thrown down by a playful wind, and the landscape transforms into a moving painting. A fence, sturdy and imperturbable, remains standing in this swirling storm, a witness to the dynamism of nature. This is winter at its most expressive, wild and untouchable.

And then, like a deep sigh after an exuberant day, night returns and the moon has the last word. It hangs large and bright in the sky, a perfect circle of fiery orange glow. And it looks out over the world that is once again shrouded in darkness. The moon doesn’t tell stories, it guards them. Like an old friend, silent and strong, she promises that winter will always return, just like she does. Her light is a closure and a beginning, a reminder that the cycle of nature never ends.

The silence of winter carries you through a day that feels like an eternity. From the serene morning to the stormy afternoon, and finally the calm night, this series allows you not only to look at images but also to feel what winter does to us. It is a journey through the magic of a season that sometimes seems harsh and cold, but always makes us pause and wonder.

This series was created in: The Netherlands