© Mustafa Davis
he sits with the silence, like an old friend
shadows holding the pieces, he forgot to name
There’s something about the way stillness tells stories louder than sound. I didn’t ask him pose for this image; the moment found itself—tired, unfiltered, and full of things we didn’t want to say. The shadows moved like memory, persistent, echoing things we wanted to forget. The photograph, though simple, is a conversation between grief and grace.
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That’s the rhythm of the photographer’s life—a quiet and anxious ache wrapped in pursuit. Always reaching for what will never remain. It’s a quest for the fleeting moment that barely forms before it begins to vanish. An attempt to hold still what will never be still. And even when you capture it—the moment dissolves the instant it’s touched, leaving behind a shadow of time. A photograph is never the moment itself. It’s a relic, a trace—something that says it was here, but can never say it is.
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(USA, 91 min.)
Dir. Jennifer Maytorena Taylor
Very happy to be a Director Of Photography on this award-winning film directed by my dear friend and colleague Jennifer Maytorena Taylor. Jennifer and I have been working together for nearly two decades. Our film Redneck Muslim is currently playing on POV and has over one-million views on the PBS Youtube page.
Would you leave behind what you love most for the sake of Allah? On The Ropes tells the story of Abdullah Davis - a young kickboxer - who leaves behind his passion in pursuit of what he believes will be a greater future.