Reflections

Reflections have long intrigued me, especially when juxtaposed against contrasting  “content” within the composition.

“Life is only a reflection of what we allow ourselves to see”

–Trudy Symeonakis Vesotsky

The way we experience the world around us is a direct reflection of the world within us.

-Gabrielle Bernstein

We’re all reflections of the lives we lead.

-Jaimoe

Interesting results occurred while “not” using a Polarizing filter when photographing windows or glass surfaces. Carefully combining what was behind the glass with the reflection on the glass – creating competing and often contradictory images that seemed implausible! A bed floating in the clouds?  A huge palm  tree inside an empty store? The results became more and more intriguing as the two worlds collided taking on an almost surreal reality of impossibilities. The images became “visual deceptions”. Things were not as they seemed! It was an honest form of visual trickery, as the images were not “photoshopped” but rather “straight images” captured by the camera sensor. It forced viewers to stop and take some time to figure out what was going on and what they were observing.

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