Just an Empty Seat - photography print

Just an Empty Seat is a quiet meditation on presence and absence.

This black and white photograph by Cliff Kinch draws the viewer along the length of a worn wooden bench, its texture and grain illuminated by soft natural light. The emptiness of the seat contrasts with the distant, blurred silhouette of a passerby, suggesting stories untold, moments missed, or memories left behind.

The composition plays with depth, symmetry, and the stillness of solitude. A study in urban silence, this piece is perfect for contemplative spaces and lovers of minimalist storytelling through monochrome imagery.

Surround by the flat green fields of Oxfordshire, Cliff lives at perhaps one of the furthest points away from the coast anywhere in England.

“I love watching the changeable weather, the more dramatic the better as Mother Nature sweeps the canvas and palette clean in the blink of an eye”.

The draw of the sea is always difficult to resist, so he’s particularly fond of Dorset’s Jurassic coast with its dramatic colours and cliff tops, as he is of Weston-Super-Mare and Brean for the sheer expanse of beach and the stunning sunsets sweeping across the Bristol Channel.

Each photograph is printed individually onto Canon Pixma Premium Glossy paper for durability.

Available in a choice of two sizes, each unframed print is sent in a cello bag with cardboard backing in a reinforced envelope for protection during delivery.

A4 Size: 21 x 29.5 cm   (8” x 12”)

A3 Size: 30 x 42 cm (12” x 16”)