Contemplative Photography is a weekly offering of photographic images with accompanying contemplations intended to demonstrate an approach to the medium that contributes to appreciation, awareness, perception and the development of a personal aesthetic. The challenge for the photographer is not only to make photographs that are compelling and technically excellent, it’s also to make them evocative — catalysts for reflection. Both the act of photographing and paying attention to the resulting images can feed the soul by generating thoughts, feelings, metaphors and imaginings that touch on the nature of Being and becoming. I welcome your feedback: <smithdl@fuse.net>
Below, click on a theme to bring up the related image and contemplation. The most recent are listed first, reading left to right.