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Seeing Differently
Familiar things can look very different when we stop and really look at them. A plant becomes curves and patterns, water becomes light and movement, and weathered wood reveals textures shaped by time. These photographs began with something I recognized, but I was drawn to what I saw when I looked closer. I invite you to look again and see what you may have missed before.

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This is an agave plant. At first, I really didn’t like the photograph. There was something about it that just wasn’t working for me. But the more I looked at it, the more I realized what I liked was the beautiful curves of the leaves. I decided to rotate the print a bit so the curves ran along the side of the photograph. Suddenly, the image came together. Sometimes a photograph just needs to be looked at a little differently before you see what is really there.
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Black-and-white close-up of curved agave leaves creating an abstracted natural pattern
This is an agave plant. At first, I really didn’t like the photograph. There was something about it that just wasn’t working for me. But the more I looked at it, the more I realized what I liked was the beautiful curves of the leaves. I decided to rotate the print a bit so the curves ran along the side of the photograph. Suddenly, the image came together. Sometimes a photograph just needs to be looked at a little differently before you see what is really there.