Juxtaposed against
Window revealing
Twilight landscape
This juxtaposition creates a tension between the artificial light emanating from the lamp and the fading natural light beyond.
“Art is natural beauty interpreted through human temperament.” – Birge Harrison
Organic pulse
Symbolic weight
Confronting dissonance
The music plays on even when we are out of sync.
“Art is the creation of forms symbolic of human feeling.” – Susanne Langer
Rays splayed
Stark contrast
Inherent contingency
Each glint is a tiny mirror reflecting back not the intrinsic essence of the water, but the dominating light of the sun.
“The beautiful in nature is the trace of the objectively non-identical.” – Theodor Adorno
Conceptual weight
Discarded tire
Half-buried
The tire, marred by time and exposure, becomes a vessel of sorts, cradling a collection of debris – plastic, organic matter, perhaps a frayed rope – all partially obscured by a film of sand.
“To see something as art requires something the eye cannot descry.” – Arthur Danto
Certain gravity
No sentimentality
No anthropomorphism
The elephant, in its stillness, seems to embody a timeless wisdom, a knowledge beyond the realm of human comprehension.
“The camera should record reality, not our ideas about reality.” – Edward Weston
Delicate balance
Ephemeral nature
Visual symphony
A reminder to embrace the beauty of the moment, to appreciate the fleeting nature of existence, and to marvel at the intricate dance of the cosmos.
“Exploring the unknown requires tolerating uncertainty.” – Brian Greene
Portal vessels
Streamlined forms
Immersion promise
Tools that allow us to become one with the water.
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller
Hidden depth
Stillness of trees
Movement of water
Photography allows us to experience the world more fully, to appreciate its beauty and complexity.
“Art is a way of being in the world.” – Mikel Dufrenne
Disparity tension
Visual dissonance
Temporal dimension
A meditation on the nature of perception and representation invites us to question assumptions.
“The camera is a liar. It gives you a false sense of reality.” – Richard Estes
See the world
Not as it is
But as it can be
In a world of shadows and substance, the unseen holds as much power as the seen.
“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way – things I had no words for.” – Georgia O’Keeffe