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1899: What would I photograph if I could not leave home?

I've always thought that I needed to go elsewhere to photograph. So I began looking more closely at things I often overlook: the visually discarded images, discarded because they were so familiar. Deciding to focus on my every day surroundings, I began "1899." 

The Nanga and Zenga painters internalized a subject before they felt they could paint it well. To a degree I feel something similar, just slowing down to see what is in front of me. I never imagined this would develop into anything more than a week or two's simple exercise. What started back in 2010 is an ongoing discovery of finding what is already here, not disregarding the every day, but looking at it again in a different way. 

I hope to convey the significance of what we generally consider the mundane.

1899 is my house number. Looking twice, seeing what is often overlooked, finding what is already here.

Vision: seeing everyday moments, the beauty in the mundane.

These images were captured with a Leica M8, Leica D-Lux 4 & iPhone, whichever was at hand.

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