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Lampshade, for those who are interested.

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Originally a photostat (sign). The emulsion cracked after being in the sun for quite some time...

resulting in this interesting abstract.

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This photograph is a part of my most recent series, “Covid Compliance.” When the pandemic struck, and the ability to go out and photograph the world was no longer an option, I struggled in my identity as a photographer. “Am I still a photographer when I have no one to photograph anymore?” I asked myself. The change was sudden and tumultuous. We were forced into such intimate isolation with ourselves. This photo was birthed out of Trump’s commentary about ingesting bleach paired with those feelings of loneliness, isolation, and confusion that I was so intimately left with. Every photo in this series was taken in the confines of my basement and uses me as both the subject and photographer. The intimacy of the loneliness in the pandemic catalyzed in me a revival in my artistic practice. The confines of the loneliness expanded my imagination, and demanded I find new ways to tell stories. In this photograph, I use painted clouds to communicate the distance I felt from the outside world, the dead flowers to indicate the grim realities of our mortality during the pandemic, and the manipulated clock to communicate how disorienting time became in isolation. I created images to feel as dystopian and as surreal as reality felt during that time.

Using scarves & shooting with slow shutter with ICM.....gives totally different abstract images.

Building on the Albert Docks

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Playing about with light and refections in moving water on the local canal

on the street -

Three abstract photos using coloured card.

Abstract detail of the Absolute World condos, or the Absolute Condos, or the Marilyn Monroe Towers. So many names.

More architectural abstract images from our trip to New Mexico. This is an office building in Albuquerque, not far from where I used to live (32 years ago!!).

We stopped by the house I used to live in and I got out to take a quick photo for old time's sake, and the owner came out to see what we were doing. We explained to her that I lived there 30+ years ago, and she insisted that we come in and have a tour of her home! Very sweet, and the place had barely changed over the years (other than being smaller than I remember).

Canon EOS5, EF 28-105 + Retroadapter Umkehrring, Kodachrome 64

Abstract is so versatile and and I love most of it. Simplicity works best for me. Here I've used only folding papers.The layers are random and the diagonals finish it off. Enjoy!

My contribution is a bit late as I've problems with uploading the RAW files that are converted to jpeg's. That's why this is a photo in less quality.

Apparently, this time of year, I'm drawn to adstracts in nature. Maybe it's because my bugs aren't around. ;-)

I'm back doing "Forest Abstracts" ... this is number 10 in the series (I made a set if you care to see the others). I highly recommend the exercise of abstracting the forest, try it ... it's addictive! This is not heavily processed even though it appears to be ... strong contrast adjustment, colour balance warmed up a wee bit and then the image was sharpened. The effect is an artifact of using a very long lens and relatively wide aperture for a narrow depth of field - only one of the trees is in focus as you can see. The trees were snow free due to a short bout of warmer weather but it is snowing once again as I type this note.

I had a feeling during the hike that I was going to see Frodo and Sam at any moment :)

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