Quiet photos don’t announce themselves - they add no voice to the cascade of ego, marketing, and contrivance. Quiet photos speak of small, ordinary things.
Such photos imbue the mundane subject with an imaginary life, as though revealing a mystery in an ordinary place, unnoticed by the noisy hubbub of humanity.
A scene may pull at one's attention gently enough to encourage middle-focus - where thoughts hover – when observation is non-judgemental – where focussing on something neither places too much value on it nor draws it too close.
There is recognition of photographic value in the subject, but attention only skims over it – like a small boat floating lightly on clear water - undisturbed and calm.