The Fall, 2014, Magdalena Podgorny

This picture was taken on March 15 in Queensbridge Park, Queens, with my phone camera set to black and white mode. The shot is of my husband taking a fall from 200 feet slackline and grabbing the line as he is falling. A second before the shot, my husband was bouncing on the line in sitting position, after he finished his walk, back and forth. I was taking photographs when he was on the line. This picture was taken the moment he unexpectedly fell. He is in the center of the picture, positioned almost horizontally, holding the tape with both hands. The tape is still wavy from the fall. Distant buildings and trees make the background of the picture. I find this shot interesting, because it captures the moment of the fall. It is dynamic because of the movement it portrays and at the same time it feels still because horizontal lines are in dominance. Bottom part of the photograph is just grass, which ads to the effect of stillness.