Cotton Mill Drying Room Dawn Light in inside a leaf-drying room lined with mesh trays in Tanzania

Cotton Mill Drying Room Dawn Light

by Kofi Simmons

Metallic haze hangs low above the concrete floor of a leaf-drying room in Tanzania, catching the first pale light of nautical dawn. Massive bales of white cotton stack vertically, reaching the ceiling rafters and dominating the space with their sheer volume. Sidelight skims across the rough texture of the cotton fibers and the worn metal frames of the mesh drying trays lining the walls. The Dutch angle tilt tilts the towering stacks diagonally, showing precarious height and monumental industrial force. Dust motes swirl in the thin beam of light, illuminating the dry season air. The floor reflects a dull, metallic sheen where the early morning shadows stretch long and sharp against the white bales. A shadow falls across the bottom corner of the nearest stack, at the base of the towering mass in the dim room.

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cotton mill drying room Tanzania industrial interior dawn light cotton bales mesh trays dry season
Camera Leica M9*AI-imagined, not shot. For real Leica M9 photos, grab one online.
Lens Summicron 35mm f/2 ASPH
Focal Length 35mm
Aperture f/2
Shutter Speed 1/500
ISO 100
Film processed in Darktable
Location inside a leaf-drying room lined with mesh trays in Tanzania
Date 2020-07-14
Credit VEETER
License Free for any use
Coordinates -6.4798, 34.9696
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