Adrian Zorzano's The Sleeping Man is a perfect short photographic story

Date
25 October 2012

Spanish photographer Adrián Zorzano has created one of the simplest, most poetic pieces of narrative photography we’ve seen in a long time. The Sleeping Man, a collection of 16 black and white photographs, documents four hours of cross-country bus journey sat next to a slumbering passenger. As the hours pass, the scenery changes outside but the man sleeps on, with only the height of the sun on his body suggesting the passage of time. It’s a simple idea immaculately executed. Top marks Adrián.

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Adrián Zorzano: The Sleeping Man

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Adrián Zorzano: The Sleeping Man

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Adrián Zorzano: The Sleeping Man

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Adrián Zorzano: The Sleeping Man

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Adrián Zorzano: The Sleeping Man

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Adrián Zorzano: The Sleeping Man

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Adrián Zorzano: The Sleeping Man

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Adrián Zorzano: The Sleeping Man

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James Cartwright

James started out as an intern in 2011 and came back in summer of 2012 to work online and latterly as Print Editor, before leaving in May 2015.

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