I’ve often been asked what it is I see in photographing during Urban Exploration, and my answer often surprises those who ask. What I see is forgotten or unseen beauty, waiting to be rediscovered, to be appreciated. While I don’t see that beauty in every place I visit, I immediately know when I’ve found it because it grabs me, holds my gaze and cries out, “look at me”. I’m so often awestruck at what nature can create out of even the simplest object. Take this bucket, for example. I don’t know how long it has been perched here, but it matters not, because it is no longer a simple bucket. It has, instead, been transformed. It has become a thing of beauty, visual poetry even, at least to me. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did when I saw it yesterday. I also hope you’ll take a moment to enjoy the piece of music I’ve chosen for today’s photograph: Estonian composer Arvo Pärt’s, I am the True Vine.
