Photography

(2003 - 2015)

"Pretty Weeds"

"Pretty Weeds" was my ongoing photo project from 2003 through 2015, which focused on finding the beautiful in ordinary places. I photographed flowers, mosses, and other plants (and a few insects) in unexpected or overlooked places. Most of these photos were taken using whatever I had with me at the time. Sometimes that meant a DSLR, but often it was a simple digital camera or a camera phone. Megapixel quantity was never the goal. Photos were taken throughout Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Kentucky.

"Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them."
- A. A. Milne

"What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"A weed is but an unloved flower."
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

"I have lost my smile, but don't worry, the dandelion has it."
- Thich Nhat Hanh

"Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again."
- Mary Oliver