Shutter Sisters

Sights Unseen

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I found this in my fridge the other morning. Before I tossed it in the trash—it was long past the point of being still edible—the insides this bell pepper caught my eye. Mesmerized by the patterned intricacies of the seeds I sat it on the kitchen counter. Once I got the kids off to school I came back to study, and yes photograph this strange and surreal object.

 

Later that afternoon I showed my 11-year-old the images. She was bewildered.

 

You took that picture? What in the world?

 

 

 

 

Indeed. There is nothing about this that feels familiar. That’s what makes it so curious and compelling.

 

The smooth and shiny bright outside of a pepper is interesting in itself but until one peels back the layers and looks at what lies within, part of that story remains untold.

 

So, what about looking behind the curtain today? What do you see?

Comments

  2. Lately I have been finding beauty and intrigue in the oddest things…the disheveled edges of a ream of paper, the inner folds of my dogs’ paws, the light bouncing out of the refrigerator door.

  12. Ok, I was TOTALLY inspired this morning by this post. I didn’t exactly pull back the curtain or find past due vegetables from my fridge but I did look at the salve on my kitchen counter in a whole new way.

    When I changed my focus, literally, I found such unexpected and slightly odd beauty that I just had to post about it.

    http://fimby.tougas.net/shifting-focus

    An inspired Friday morning, a good way to start the day.

  14. Georgia, I just spent a lot of time go through all your photo’s. Your work = food for the soul. Thank you for creating such amazing photo’s – I really appreciate them

  18. I love red bell pepper – to eat and to photograph. nature on its own is stunning in it’s simplicity and intricate details.

  21. We actually did a project like this in an art class I took. We had to bring in one of a list of different fruits and vegetables… mine was a pepper. We had to draw it whole, and then cut it and draw it closer and cut it again and draw a smaller section (we weren’t allowed to draw the whole thing anymore), etc. It was our introduction to abstract art and was a really fabulous exercise. I’ve never thought to try it with my photography though. Thanks for bringing it back to mind!