On New Year\u2019s Day 2026, Alon Goldsmith began what he calls a \u201c365-day project, which involves taking and posting a photo every day for a year. On some days, it\u2019s a\u00a0struggle to find something worthy of being included and on others it\u2019s a challenge to make a choice,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
This image was taken\u00a0on day 111. Johannesburg-born, LA-based Goldsmith was\u00a0on his daily bike ride, which usually takes\u00a0him through Venice and around Santa Monica Pier, areas he describes as containing a \u201ccornucopia of curiosities\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI spend a lot of rides hunting for photos,\u201d he says. \u201cLooking at the world from this vantage point allows me to slow down and notice what\u2019s around me in a different way. When I\u2019m not rushing, the world reveals itself more fully.\u201d<\/p>\n
This Hi-Spy Viewing Machine is situated on the pier, looking over the beach. Goldsmith decided to translate what he captured into black and white during editing.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the change emphasises the graphic and cinematic nature of the composition,\u201d he says. \u201cThe drama of the clouds in black and white adds sculptural weight, and the bird\u00a0helps to anthropomorphise the machine, turning it into a lonely character gazing out at an empty beach.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tidying up, or erasing elements, like the swooping seagull or smudge of heaped sand, was out of the question, however: \u201cThe ethics of street photography forbid altering an image in that way.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On New Year\u2019s Day 2026, Alon Goldsmith began what he calls a \u201c365-day project, which involves taking and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":722681,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-722680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=722680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/722681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=722680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=722680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=722680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}