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Went Back to Look Again The photograph and human perception

These photographs are records of looking, returning, and paying closer attention to what just passed by.What interests me is not a single subject, but the possibility that new subjects and relationships become apparent by my returning to look again.
The landscape did not change. My attention did.
Human perception is selective. Much of what is directly before us we may never fully realize, while camera records more than what we see when the picture is made. These two limitations can be parallel acts of discovery.Something is always hiding in plain sight. It may be a pattern, a reflection, a relationship between objects, or something out of place that catches the eye. Something new.
“I Went Back to Look Again” begins with that interruption of my attention. Each of these photographs is the result returning to investigate what I might have missed.
Likewise, when first encountering these images, the visual density of branches, pieces of architecture, weathered textures, and traces of human presence remain within the frame, inviting the eye to wander, search, and discover relationships that were hidden. "A blur through the trees passing by, but my eye caught something. A human form? I thought, what did I just see? Going back and finding it was a sculpture of a female form blending into the forest". By going back to look again, I find much more. I invite you to do the same.Slow down. Resist the first impression. Consider what might be waiting to be discovered.
A blur through the trees passing by, but my eye caught something. A human form? I thought, what did I just see? Going back and finding it was a sculpture of a female form blending into the forest.
Caught my eye. Sculpture in the woods
Old school bus found in a swamp
Spillway as seen through the vines. Found along the Charles River in Waltham, MA
Ghost bike along a hiking path..
Down a dirt road I spotted a mobile home being overtaken by the woods.
Abandoned Ford F100
Road side flea market through the trees.
American Flag hung in the woods.
Building through the trees.
Two snacks hidden in the brush.
Lexington town Belfry high on a hill.
Ruins in Detroit
Abandoned lanscape.
Distant street light seen through the trees after the flood.