Stieg Larsson

I've read crime fiction all my life. A thing that's bothered me about crime fiction is that it's generally about one or two people, but there's not much about society. I want to get away from that particular pattern: a lead, a supporting role and backdrop characters.

Swedish Writer

Sara Pascoe

If you view history as a backdrop, set-dressing or fiction, then 'Pride and Prejudice' is hugely entertaining. My reread saw the misery of the female characters' reality. My new reaction was sadness and fury. Knowledge ruins everything!

English Comedian

Helmut Sohmen

Given the international nature of the tanker industry, it is important that global regimes are applied consistently and universally, not local or regional rules that do not recognise the total commercial and operating backdrop.

Austrian Lawyer

Jerome Powell

Against this backdrop of technological change and heightened expectations, it is worth remembering our broad public policy objectives, which are driven by the fundamental importance of the payments system in our society.

American Public Servant

Tituss Burgess

There is still a great deal of self-hatred that we refuse to deal with because we are still measuring ourselves against the norms of a masculine, heterosexual world. That is the backdrop with which we measure the man.

American Actor

Robert Harris

The financial markets tend to be just a backdrop for a novel, for a heist or something that isn't necessarily integral to it. On the whole, I don't think the financial world has been well served by novels.

British Novelist

The-Dream

I'm talented in other places, not only in songwriting, but music is always going to be the backdrop to whatever happens in life.

American Musician

James Nesbitt

All my adult life, there was the Troubles. That was the backdrop of my life.

Irish Actor

Amy Grant

For me, the backdrop of half the experiences of life includes music.

Tamara Ecclestone

Formula One has been the backdrop of my life.

American Celebrity

Refers to the physical props and visuals artists create for performances and shoots.

Artistic Creation

Can imply a visual impact or aesthetic importance to emphasize a scene or setting.

Visual Impact

Sometimes used metaphorically to mean 'against a certain situation' rather than a literal background.

Not Physical

Often signifies more than just a location, suggesting feelings or memories associated with a place.

Emotional Connection

Selected to enhance or contrast with the subject being photographed or observed.

Enhances Subject

Used to discuss a time period or historical event behind a narrative or discussion.

Historical Periods

Might refer to recent events or situations currently in the news.

Current Events

Can have a symbolic or thematic meaning in addition to its literal sense.

Symbolic Meaning

 Or I use a fiery pinkish orange or a relaxing blue as a backdrop for the experience that I'm imagining. Next, try places. And keep in mind that setting will be more important to some of us than to others. Reach back into your memory to that secluded beach you visited many years ago.

The Relationship Between...

 dating and to have their pubs and this is all played out against a backdrop of transient pack ice that moves with wind and tide what I really wanted a photograph initially was just the the lifecycle you know behaviors like the harp seal kiss that we see here where a mom will

Brian Skerry: Ocean Soul...

 most of them economic or geopolitical, there has usually ultimately been a sense of a committee to save the world. Leaders and leading nations would come together. But this time, uniquely, there has been no such collaboration. Against a backdrop of trade wars,

Mike O'Sullivan: The end...

 different identifying and mapping these important routes will help to inform future expansion plans the trick will be how to sustain the migration give tortoises what they need against the backdrop of development of Galapagos

Tracking Giant Galapagos...

 chances are you'd have heard, rather than seen, this elusive bird. Against the snowy backdrop, its plumage would have been near impossible to spot. Today, the landscape is vastly different. Since the 1980s,

Can wildlife adapt to...

 and watch the city pass by below you in slow motion. The building has become part of everyday life in Beijing. It is there. It has also become a very popular backdrop for wedding photography.

Why great architecture...

 each night for seven nights, each expressing their unique way of coping with contemporary life. Through anxiety, humor, longing, vulnerability, joy and outrage. The city was their backdrop.

A stealthy reimagining...

 pret never hurt see what I mean there's music all over the world and last but not least he has the runic of a hot of a.m. mockingbird singing in the Chesapeake Bay to a nice backdrop of

DJing to the sounds of...

 a mere backdrop to human culture, a mere environment of things that we feel entitled to use however we want. What does it mean to be a human in our real world?

Why there's no such...

 this this desolate monochrome landscape has provided a stark backdrop to the wildlife treasures of the north

Backdrop