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PSA: Just over 48 hours to go on Art Drop #1 which showcases our industrial abstract photographs of what Diana has called “the dumpster of a thousand abstracts.” Here is the first composition that pulled us in like gravity when we saw it on the interior of the dumpster:
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I’m sure plenty of people have found discarded art in dumpsters but creating artwork out of the dumpster itself is actually a perfect fit for us. It doesn’t matter if we are photographing a seascape, a forest or some oxidizing metal, it’s all about the composition, finding the balance of colors, lines, shapes and forms that result in a finished work that satisfies our creative eye. Photographs worth taking are everywhere when composition is paramount.
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For the full experience where you can see the complete Perth Amboy dumpster series and have the opportunity to order prints, make sure to visit the art drop before it closes! Prints of these abstracts are only available for purchase until midnight on Saturday night at which point we’ll be archiving them for at least a year.
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If you missed the making of this series and would like to know more about how it came to be, we went into all the details in our previous newsletter. Our dedicated Art Drop #1 page expounds upon each photograph and provides everything you need to know about prints and framing.
Ideas are brewing over here for Art Drop #2: July 2023 – more about that in our next newsletter! Until next time…
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