iPhone Cleanout #14 (Random Visuals)

Three Discarded Balloons Up Close (Sensual Pink), Carrer de Provença, Barcelona, 2026

“All you can imagine is real.”

— Pablo Picasso , 1881-1973, pintor y escultor francés

“What I like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.”

— Karl Lagerfeld, 1933-2019, German fashion designer and socialite

“We have art in order to not die of the truth.”

—Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900, German philosopher, poet, composer, philologist

“The magic is inside you. There ain’t no crystal ball.”

—Dolly Parton, 1946-2026, American singer, songwriter, actress, philanthropist, icon

Images As Thoughts?

Maybe each image counts as a “thought”? So we could say that this blog post contains yet another collection of random visual thoughts, accumulated on my iPhone over the past few weeks.

What is/was the idea behind each of these pictures? What made me press the shutter button?

I had a photography mentor say to me once that you should be able to explain what a photograph is about in no more than three words–and ideally with just one word.

And, of course, Saint Ansel said, “There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.”

Do I have an idea, concept, or thought in my mind before I snap the shutter? Maybe… Sometimes… Yes, often, really.

But then there are a few times when perhaps it’s just a feeling inside the chest, a feeling that I have no words for at that precise moment.

As per the blog title, all were made with the iPhone (iPhone 15 Pro).