Beautiful Pictures of Solitude

Alone, by Tchaicovsky CF at Deviant Art.

PXLshots recently ran an amateur* photo competition asking readers and contributors to submit their pictures expressing loneliness and/or solitude. I'll post a few to share these wonderful artists' works, but you owe it to yourself to look at the whole spread.

Loneliness, by Thiago Lopes

* I have a fascination with amateur chiaroscurist photography. As soon as I get the time, I plan on getting a serious camera and finding the world through a different lens.