Diptychs

Diptychs are a pair of images consisting of different subject matter with a common visual element of some kind, a visal parallel...

Diptych 1
This began with the image on the left, which I shot about a week before.
Then, I went to a local store and quietly arranged and photographed the feathered boas...

Diptych 2
Yes, indeed, a sunhat and a mushroom do look alike. Don't be surprised if you see a
garden faery dancing among dew laden leaves some morning, with a mushroom for a sunhat...

Diptych 3
Jungle gym and an umbrella. Structurally similar, but favor different weather!...

Diptych 4
A sculpture of sails at a playground looked irresistibly like snow shovels to me. I also like the
dichotomy between work and my elderly model with his snow shovel, versus play and a place 
created especially for children... 

Diptych 5
A compelling pairing, and one not lost on the history of religion and violence, unfortunately.
I pray for  faith to bring out the best in us, not the worst. 

I hope you have enjoyed these pairings, and that they inspire you to see parallels, visually or conceptually, in the world around us. Everything is connected, in life and death.

Blessings,
Linda