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My friend Laura took me to a place I had not been since my youth; Gilson Beach in Wilmette, Illinois. It is perhaps fitting that the great photographer Edward Weston was born in nearby Highland Park.

However, on that day I channeled another favorite photographer, Minor White.

To quote Minor White: "The path my feet took was lined with images, whole gardens of pictures. With exposures I picked bouquets, each more vivid than the previous."*

Thanks Laura, for helping me clear my mind.



White, Minor. Minor White:Rites & Passages:His Photographs Accompanied by Excerpts From His Diaries and Letters. An Aperture Monograph, 80. Millerton, New York: Aperture, 1978.