I appreciate abstract photography because it is mysterious. I like it because abstract scenes are taken from the ordinary and the everyday hustle and bustle of life that is missed when living is viewed too large. I suppose it can be missed when viewed with too narrow a prism also.
Reflections Past
© Mark Eaton
I enjoy abstract photography because no matter how the final image is viewed, the viewer's head tilts, the eyebrows furrow; the piece creates a mystery. For some, there is confusion. I like the fact that people work to solve the mystery, or even approach it as though solving an equation.
Angles and Lines
© Mark Eaton
For me, abstract work doesn't have distracting elements, nor is it complicated. It touches a part of my being that acknowledges that I was at a certain place at a certain time, and that it was I who was touched by something that I thought beautiful. Of all the billions of people in the world, I saw and felt something that was important, or meaningful.
It forces me to admit that I, too, miss so much. Too much, actually.
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