The interplay of multiple images to form engaging new visuals is at the heart of my work.  The original photograph becomes a trace element as it merges, fractures, expands, and transforms into a new photographic reality.  There is beauty to be discovered in the light, lines, shapes, colors, textures, and shadows of ordinary objects and places. 

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 These photographs were made in late December, 2023, in my St. Paul neighborhood.  The sun was very low in the horizon in the days surrounding the Winter Solstice - just barely peeking above the tree tops.

 

 The light was frontal and cold weather clear resulting in saturated colors and deep shadows. This lovely light lasts only a few weeks in late December.

 

 The subject matter includes close-ups of fences, sheds, doors, walls, garages and anything else I saw of interest. I enjoy observation and discovery.  There is much to see by simply walking around and looking.                     James Byrne

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