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I recently posted about my using the average blend mode to make multiple exposure abstracts from a sculpture I have visited many times. I wanted to show another image that I made using the same technique.

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When composing either abstract or, for that matter, non-abstract photos, I have always been drawn to geometric shapes. This image is a multiple exposure made from several tiles on the exterior of a storefront and is pure geometry. The multiple exposure was inverted, making white into black and vice versa. Do you look for geometric shapes when co...


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I was recently in Washington, DC, and whenever I am there and making photographs I am always drawn to this particular statue in the National Gallery of Art’s Sculpture Garden.

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“Seeing is forgetting the name of the thing one sees”

Robert Irwin

I recently saw this great quote by Robert Irwin and realized that it has been quite some time since I’ve written something for my “Quick Quote” series.


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Lately, I have become obsessed with making a series of images that look like this:

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I thought readers might be interested to see where this pho...


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