Challenge Series

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One of the bright noble powers of modern photography remains in its steadfast and extraordinary ability to profoundly effect a remarkable transformation.

The camera lens, backed by the unique processes that only this singular medium may graciously confer, brings into play the distinct possibility of such poetic interpretation. This holds true for both the most monumental of specific subjects and to that of the more sedate or staid as well. With disciplined technical practice, liberally sprinkled with an engaging dash of divine inspiration, one is graciously offered the unique opportunity of such purely photographic metamorphic transformations.

In this intimate series, the particular challenge has been to meaningfully transform what initially appears, at first blush to be the most unlikely of potential sources. Curiously, in many cases I have discovered such modest settings frequently reside passively, indistinctly and dormant near routinely traveled local areas.

It is precisely in these humble, forgotten and reserved places, however that I eagerly began to investigate what might be possible.

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