This photo has some really cool effects going on, which is what caught my eye. The candle to the right is burnt out and smoke rises from it. Next to it, there is a mirror, which holds the ghostly image of the reflection of the candle when it was once lit. The dark and deep atmosphere set by the black and white scheme, in combination with the "dead" candle letting off a stream of smoke and the phantasmal reflection of how it once burned brightly gives the feeling of depression and remembrance. It is as if the candle itself had a life to it, in which it was once alive burning brilliantly, but now no more. The candle lives on as a sad apparition of its formal glory. All the candle can do now is look on into the past and look at what it once was. I believe what makes this picture successful is that it conveys an idea we can all relate to: reflecting onto our former glories when our own light tends to burn out. When we reflect upon our lives and what has happened, at some point we look on into our reflections as burnt out candles, seeing in ourselves what we used to be, and remember how we used to be on fire in our own way.
Source: http://iheartphotograph.com/
Artist: Caleb Charland
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