A View Over Oslo

I often like to -as it were– "frame" photographs within themselves. A view from a window may be interesting, spectacular, stunning or grand, but sometimes a more interesting effect is created by stepping back a little and including the window itself. Admittedly, here there is no actual window, for this is a glassless opening in the side of one of the towers of Oslo's City hall, but effect is similar. We are inside a cool, dark space looking out on a glowing, warm city, bathed in evening sun. It's perhaps not a particularly outstanding view in itself (most views of Oslo will typically face the other way, towards the west, or out across the fjord) but we're high above the streets and can see out in to the suburbs of the hills in the distance. For me, the dark frame represents the winter that has finally disappeared, opening out onto warmer days of spring and summer –which have been most appreciatively enjoyed over the last few days. And it's always fun and intriguing to be able to look down through other people's windows, even though they're far away. Location: Oslo, Norway