Omid Incarnation

The story depicted in this painting is told by the Roman poet, Ovid. Pyramus and Thisbe are Babylonian lovers forbidden by their fathers to wed. So they arrange a secret tryst at night, by a spring.

Thisbe arrives at the spring first, where she spies a thirsty lioness, its mouth covered in blood. She flees, losing her veil as she does so.

Pyramus arrives a little later to find, not his lover, but only her veil in the bloody jaws of the lioness. He draws the fatal conclusion that Thisbe has been eaten by the lioness. Plagued by guilt at not having arrived at the spring earlier and saved Thisbe, he falls on his sword and kills himself. Thisbe returns from her hiding place to find her lover in the throes of death. When she realises what has happened, she takes his sword and kills herself with it.

In street photography, eyes and faces are fascinating to capture — especially when you make eye contact with someone. It’s the kind of moment that stays somewhere in your brain forever.

Sometimes, that eye contact isn’t even with a real person — it could be with animals, or even objects.