details

Do details matter? Travelling throughout Sweden, young Devon Roe convinces us so:

"Sweden was my first trip outside of  the US, and there was a part of me that wanted to take every last nook and cranny of this place with me. This bookbag hanging on the hook was in the furthest corner of an old schoolhouse I was exploring. I didn't want to leave any part of the building behind in my memories...What struck me about this image was that there were so many little hooks, but only one, lonely book bag. Was the child who owned this bag just as lonely?"

"The items on the window sill  are inside a well-preserved room that was once the only bakery of the little village I was visiting. The items so perfectly illustrated the 'rule of three' in photography, so I felt compelled to take a picture of them. The broken chalice especially struck a chord with me as someone who was steadily losing my faith at the time; it still had shape, but a piece of it was missing..."

Details add unique layers and dimension to any story or any situation. They allow us each to individually connect with what sits before us. Without them, the world would be one bland place.