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“There are moments in our lives, there are moments in a day, when we seem to see beyond the usual. Such are the moments of our greatest happiness. Such are the moments of our greatest wisdom.  If one could but recall his vision by some sort of sign.  It was in this hope that the arts were invented.  Sign-posts on the way to what may be. Sign-pots toward a greater knowledge.” –Robert Henri

The quote from the American painter Robert Henri opens his book, The Art Spirit; which to this day is the most influential work in my life as an artist. Photographs can record a specific site, document events in our lives, catalog the articles that make up the world, and let us see what is not visible to the naked eye. While the photograph from its earliest beginnings has the ability to render the visible, its strength comes from the ability of the artist to make that which is not seen visible.