Yellow is the color of caution

Yellow traffic lights function as a caution. Yellow in the energy industry is associated with sulfur.

As a result of the war with Iran a yellow flashing light is alerting us to challenges coming in the agricultural sector.

Bright yellow is the color of elemental sulfur, a bi-product of oil and natural gas and a key ingredient for making fertilizer.

The blockade of The Strait of Hormuz is disrupting the energy supply chain.

Less oil and natural gas, less sulfur, less fertilizer. Less fertilizer results in higher prices to farmers for fertilizer. Higher costs to grow crops will result in higher prices for food.

Rest assured the energy companies, refiners, shippers, chemical corporations agribusiness and grocers will be fine. They will pass the cost along. This increased cost will be paid for by ordinary people and families buying food at the grocery store.

You think the cost of gas is a problem and for most people it is.

But wait for it…higher cost of food in the grocery store is on the horizon.

It’s time to respond to the flashing yellow light and demand a stop to this war.

Sources:

Noria-Research

Very Well Mind / psychology of color yellow

Carnegie Endowment

Keg River Premium Sulfur Fertilizerers

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Yellow Signals Caution

The increased cost of gas is not the only consequences of the war with Iran. Incres in the cost of sulfur is coming and with it increased costs of food

Here’s a Thought: Let’s Share the Wealth

Map showing the Partitioned Neutral Zone of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
Map Source: Wikipedia

Money has the power to enrich relationships or to destroy them. More often than not, the pursuit of wealth has pulled families, friends, and entire nations apart. Yet when shared intentionally, wealth can become a bridge that strengthens bonds rather than breaks them.

Bedouin watching over a herd of camels, sheep, and goats along a crude oil pipeline in the Neutral Zone shared by Kuwait and Saudi Arabia

Here’s a story that began long ago, on December 2, 1922. That was when the British designated 2,000 square miles of desert as a new border between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait under the Uqair Convention. The goal was to accommodate the Bedouin tribes who roamed freely across the area. The agreement declared that the rights to this region would be shared equally between the governments of Kuwait and Najd (modern-day Saudi Arabia).

Rig pumping crude oil in the Partitioned Neutral Zone shared by Kuwait and Saudi Arabia

Oil Transfer Unit, PNZ Neutral Zone, Shared Crude Oil Kuwait/Saudi Arabia

Then came 1938, when oil was discovered in the Burgan field of Kuwait, near the Neutral Zone. It was a moment that could have sown division, because potential riches often spark rivalry. Over the next decades, more oil was found, but rather than dispute, both nations decided to cooperate. As oil development expanded through the 1960s and 70s, they continued to share the profits and manage the resource together. On January 18, 1970, they ratified an agreement to formally partition the Neutral Zone while continuing to jointly extract its oil.

Crude Oil Storage Tanks, PNZ Neutral
Zone, Kuwait/Saudi Arabia

Years later, in 1991, Iraq invaded Kuwait, threatening both its sovereignty and its oil reserves. A coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the United States said “no,” pushed back the invaders, and restored Kuwait’s independence—securing not just territory but the spirit of partnership that had endured for decades.

Kuwaiti overseeing captured crude oil spill after Iraqi-Kuwaiti war.

More than half a century later, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait continue to peacefully share and benefit from the oil resources of the Neutral Zone. Their story stands as a living example that cooperation can yield prosperity, and that a shared resource can unite rather than divide.

Safaniya Offshore Oil Rig, Arabian Gulf, Neutral Zone, Kuwait/Saudi Arabia

Ship navigation map, Arabian Gulf, Port of Kuwait

Perhaps real wealth lies not only in what we possess, but in how we choose to share it.

Sources: Wikipedia, Daniel Yergin, Uqair Protocol

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Partitioned Neutral Zone between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia

“Super” Tankers

These images will give you a sense of the enormous size of the Super Tankers moving through the Straits of Hormuz.

The first image shows a super tanker at Ras Laffan in Qatar being filled with LNG.

There are two types of LNG tankers used in Qatar: Q-Max with a capacity of 5.6 billion cubic feet of LNG and the Q-Flex with a capacity of 4.6 billion cubic feet of LNG.

A single Q-Max tanker can transport enough LNG to power approximately 70,000 homes for a whole year.

This image shows a tanker ready to be filled with crude oil in Kuwait. These tankers can carry between 2 and 3 million barrels of crude oil per voyage.

“Under normal conditions over 100 ships, including roughly 60-70% tankers and gas carriers, traverse the Strait of Hormuz daily. This represents approximately 20 million barrels of oil (20% of global consumption) and 20% of LNG trade”

Source: U.S. energy Information Administration

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“SUPER” Tankers

Why Super Takers are called “Super”

***Other ways To Solve A Problem***

This is “Petroline” built in 1981, a 746 mile pipeline in Saudi Arabia.
It was built during the Iran-Iraqi war to bypass the “tanker wars” taking place in the Strait of Hormuz. It transports 7 bpd of crude oil from the Persian Gulf in the east of Saudi to Yanbu on the Red Sea. This image shows the pipeline along the border with Iraq. The pipeline serves as an alternative route to Hormuz. It was attacked by Iran on Wednesday, April 8, 2026 shortly after the “cease-fire” went into effect.

Other images in this collection show pipelines in Kuwait and Qatar.

To help put this unnecessary war in context, I’ve curated photographs of major energy infrastructure around the world on my website, WayneEastep.com, under Energy.

Sources: Financial Times, AlJazeera, Reuters, Oil Price.com
Wikipedia.

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More Than One Way To Solve A Problem

This photo shows one of the LNG processing trains at Ras Laffan in Qatar. After the March 2026 missile strikes, QatarEnergy said the damage to the LNG facilities would take about three to five years to repair, and reporting indicated that two of 14 trains were hit, reducing export capacity by about 17%. Estimates also put repair costs around $25 billion, with major implications for LNG supply to Europe, Asia, and global energy markets.

I photographed this facility three times over several years. To help put this unnecessary war in context, I’ve curated photographs of major energy infrastructure around the world on my website, WayneEastep.com, under Energy.

Sources: Reuters, CNBC, Al Jazeera, Intellinews, and Rystad Energy.

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Repairing This Refinery Will Cost

The Dance of Sunlight on Water

There’s something ancient and grounding about watching sunlight move across the surface of water. Each glimmer feels alive. The natural rhythm draws us into a quiet state of mind. This simple act of observing light’s reflection can help calm the nervous system, reminding us that presence doesn’t require effort, screens, or guidance—only stillness.

As the light shimmers and shifts, our breath naturally slows. The mind softens. In watching the world’s gentle movements, we begin to mirror them. The fluidity and gentle movement of light triggers something soothing within us. This is nature’s way of showing us that restoration often comes not from doing, but from simply being.

Be Still.

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Reflection

Sunshine in the early morning — The sun lit the morning

Making art, for me, begins with awareness—the ability to notice what moves us in an ordinary moment. Sometimes that awareness appears in the smallest places, like standing at the kitchen sink preparing coffee. That’s what happened a few mornings ago. I slowed down long enough to feel the energy of sunlight as it gently started the day. I thought, that’s beautiful.
Creating images is part of my daily life, so I paused, embraced that quiet, and made a simple photograph—a moment of morning arriving, carried on the light of sunrise.

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Morning light

The quiet beauty of the morning lit by the sunlight

Excited to announce my Floral Essence series is now in print🌺.

This 7” x 7” monograph features 29 vibrant flower images across 42 pages. Available in softcover ($19.95) and hardcover ($39.95) plus $5 postage.

Sharing these images on social has been so rewarding, and now I’m thrilled to offer this curated print edition.

Share with someone you know who loves nature, flowers and photography.

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Floral Essence Monograph Now Available

Curated Collection of flower photographs printed in the monograph Floral Essence

Series: Floral Essence #8 Amaryllis

The series “Floral Essence” comes to a finale. A post about the Amaryllis feels like the perfect subject at the right time with which to conclude this series.

As holidays near, wax-dipped Amaryllis bulbs show up in the shops, ready to brighten the gray winter days with color.

Named from the Greek word for “to sparkle,” it is fitting that the Amaryllis blooms in winter, around Christmas.

Given their sturdy stems and vertical profile, Amaryllis symbolize strength, pride, and determination. When the flowering phase ends, you can cut the stem and preserve the bulb; it will flower again next year. With proper care, it can live for up to 75 years.

Thank you for following Floral Essence. It has been an inspiring journey through the language of flowers.

An exceptional monograph is on the way, stay tuned!

Back to work on a new series about a different subject.

Room with triptych of Amaryllis buds — Tryptych

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“To Sparkle”Amaryllis

Amaryllis buds “to sparkle”

Series: Floral Essence #7 Feather Grasses

Feather grasses in the steppes of Kazakhstan — Feather grasses growing on the Steppes of Kazakhstan

Feather Grasses, like these near Sergeyevka, Kazakhstan, have grown for millennia in the thin topsoil of the Steppes; some varieties are now scarce or endangered species. The Steppes were covered in this ideal pasturage prior to the Soviets’ misguided Virgin Land Reclamation policy of the 1950s, under which nearly 25 million hectares (approximately 62 million acres) of the northern Steppes were plowed to plant wheat.

The feather grasses provide nutrition for horses, cattle, sheep and goats, ensuring a sustainable food source for nomads.

The sea of grasses move in waves with the wind, nurturing a soul that’s living in relationship with nature.

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Series: Floral Essence #7 Feather Grasses

Feather Grasses in the Steppes of Kazakhstan

Series: Floral Essence #6

Giant Stapella Cactus

One of the gifts of growing plants is the time it offers for observing their quiet transformations, from the first emergence to eventual passing.

My sister Victoria gave me a cutting from this cactus, and over many months I watched it evolve.

Gradually, as the cactus revealed new shapes and gestures, it seemed to tell a quiet story about what it was and how it was changing.

Using my camera, I captured moments that brought both satisfaction and reflection, preserving memories that deepened my connection with the plant.

This series of images is part of a larger collection called Floral Essence. I’ll share more about that in the near future.

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Floral Essence #6

Field of Snapdragons moving with the wind — Snapdragons blossoms in the wind

Series: Floral Essence #5

Snapdragons Dancing in the Wind

Practicing photography can be much like practicing meditation. Both invite us to slow down and truly see. They heighten our awareness, sharpen our attention, and help us become more attuned to the quiet details that often pass unnoticed. This image is an expression of that mindful practice.

While driving near Sarasota, a field of snapdragons caught my eye—just a glimpse of color in my peripheral vision. I pulled over, spoke with the property owner, and was welcomed to wander the field with my camera.

As I began photographing, a gentle wind set the flowers in motion. In that moment, I saw not simply a field of snapdragons but blossoms dancing in the wind. I worked to capture the movement of the wind through the petals—more than a still image, a sense of motion and energy.

This photograph is the outcome of years of patient observation and practice. It also reflects what happens when we allow the mind’s eye to see beyond what is in front of us—when imagination meets perception, and feeling becomes form.

This series of images is part of a larger collection called Floral Essence. I’ll share more about that in the near future.

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Snapdragon Blossoms Moving with the Wind

Snapdragons blossoms moving with the wind

Series: Floral Essence

#4 Appreciation of a Single Rose Bud

Mother’s Day was approaching, and I found myself thinking about my mother-in-law. I called the wholesale florist I was working with and ordered two dozen white roses. When I brought them home and arranged them in a vase, one rose stood out—it appeared flawless.

A single perfect white rose bud — A flawless white rose bud.

I gently pulled it from the bunch and studied it closely. Something about the purity of its white petals and their perfect symmetry captivated me. I took it to the studio and spent hours lighting and studying that single bud. The exercise became a kind of meditation.

Since then, I’ve often reflected on the blessing of creating art—how it can draw us into a deeper relationship with the simple act of seeing.

Reflecting on beauty and the creative process reminds me of Rumi’s poem.

“What was said to the rose that made it open was said to me here in my chest.

What was told the cypress that made it strong and straight,

What was whispered the jasmine so it is what it is,

whatever made sugarcane sweet,

whatever was said to the inhabitants of the town of Chigil in Turkestan that makes them so handsome,

whatever lets the pomegranate flower blush like a human face,

that is being said to me now. I blush.

Whatever put eloquence in language, that’s happening here.

The great warehouse doors open; I fill with gratitude,

chewing a piece of sugarcane,

in love with the one to whom every ‘that’ belongs.”

Coleman Barks reciting the Rumi poem.

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A White Rose Bud

Still-life of a perfect white rose

Series: Floral Essence

#3 Amorphophallus titanum

Film image of the frills on the Spathe of Amorphophallus titanum flower — Frills on the Spathe of Amorphophallus titanum

The Amorphophallus titanum is the largest unbranched inflorescence flower in the world. The plant grows to between 6 and 12 feet tall. With a name and size like that it’s no wonder it makes the news when it blooms.

Flower Amorhophallus titanum — Phallus Spike

From bulb to bloom can take up to ten years. After that long wait the bloom only lasts for about 24 to 48 hours. The plant originates in Sumatra in Indonesia.

Crossed-processed film image of the flower Amorphophallus titanum — Film cross-processed | Amorphallus titanum

Because of this plants unusual resume I thought how can I make an image that suggests its dramatic presence. I settled on cross-processing some of the images to evoke the energy of this amazing plant. Cross-processing is when you use positive film and process it in negative chemistry. Doing this you never know what you’ll get.

Film image of the leaf (Spathe) on a Amorphophallus titanum flower — Spathe (leaf) Amorphophallus titanum. Film image

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Amorphophallus Titanum

Photographs of flower Amorphophallus titanum

Sunflower | Golden Ratio, Golden Bloom

Series: Floral Essence #2 Sunflower

As we were driving along the border of Kazakhstan toward Mongolia, we crested a hill. The field in front of us, all the way to the horizon, was filled with sunflowers as far as the eye could see. I had our fixer pull over. I got out of the jeep, went into the field, and made a series of images of the golden carpet of sunflowers in full bloom. It knocked me out!

Over the next couple of years, the magnificence of those sunflowers remained alive in my memory.

I wanted to learn more about sunflowers. My curiosity was not just about the beauty of their bright blossoms, but what they were all about. I ordered mammoth sunflower seeds, planted the seeds in a circle in my yard, waited, and watched. Over three months, I photographed the stages of growth from seedlings to decline. What I observed increased my appreciation for their beauty but raised even more questions.

Why did every flower develop a similar spiral pattern? Why were the seeds packed in so tightly and at an angle? My research revealed many connections between nature, mathematics, philosophy, and the rich history of intellectual inquiry — more on that in a later post.

The short-form answer to my questions is that the spiral pattern and the angle of the seeds in the sunflower represent the most efficient way to pack seeds in space and ensure reproductive success. The spirals are called “golden spirals,” reflecting Fibonacci numbers. The elegant angle of the seeds to each other aligns with the “golden angle’’. The pattern of the seeds in the sunflower represents what, in mathematics and aesthetics, can be called beauty — more on that in a future post. Leonardo Da Vinci described this phenomenon, which can also be seen in hurricanes, galaxies, pinecones, and pineapples, as the “Divine Proportions”.

One day, when the flowers were reaching maturity, I watched a pair of wild Brazilian Green Parrots as they fed on the seeds. The two parrots took up positions next to each other on two sunflowers. While one ate, the other stood guard, watching for any threat. After a while, they switched roles. The one guarding then ate, and the other provided protection.

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Golden Ratio, Golden Bloom | Sunflower

Sunflowers blend mathematics and beauty

Floral Essence

Series #1 Parrot Tulip

Single blossom of a parrot tulip — Studio still-life Parrot Tulip blossom

Many years ago I was walking past a small grocery store on Madison Avenue in New York City. In front of the store were tall buckets filled with flowers. One collection of flowers caught my attention, they were parrot tulips. I think it was the first time I had seen this type of tulip. It was love at first sight.

Flowers in front of a New York City Deli

That moment was etched in my memory. Many years later that experience triggered an idea. I made arrangements with a wholesale florist to import three dozen parrot tulips each week. For a couple of months I would photograph the parrot tulips in my studio. The tulips were so varied and beautiful. I kept seeing new variations in the design and ended up creating a collection of images of the parrot tulips.

Like many people I had an appreciation for flowers. Now the feeling has turned into a passion. I keep a bouquet of fresh cut flowers in our home every week and continue to create images of them

Detail of parrot tulip petals — Close up of parrot tulip petals

Close up of a parrot tulip blossom — Close up inside parrot tulip blossom

I’ve curated a series of the flower images and will be sharing them in the coming weeks.

Series: Floral Essence, Parrot Tulip #1

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Floral Essence

Like many children, I loved to go out in the rain and splash in puddles on the street.

Rain, like a cloud, is easily taken for granted. Water is integral to our existence. When we pause and observe, we have the chance to get in touch with something elemental in our lives.

Hurricane Milton, Sarasota, Florida

Different types of rain elicit a wide range of feelings. There is gentle, poignant melancholy in a light, mid-afternoon rain. It feels safe – even reassuring. Rain is a symbol of renewal and rebirth. When rain comes in excess it can be terrifying, bringing the potential for destruction. We use our technology to build roads, canals, bridges, levees, and dams – assuming we can control nature. Then a devastating storm comes and we are painfully reminded of our limitations and the need to live in ways that are in harmony with nature, respecting its power.

I can remember a number of times when I was about to leave a cafe in New York City and a thunderstorm delivered a torrent of rain, giving me the excuse to stay put, have another cup of coffee, and share more time with a friend.

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Rain the fragrance of the earth

Rain releases the fragrance of the earth

Studio 54 Back For One Night!

The 2025 New York Fashion Week will celebrate with a one night reopening of Studio 54.

This selection of images I made at the peak of Studio 54. I was a young aspiring documentary photographer and the cultural scene at the club was a rich source of inspiration and fun. There was a freedom then that allowed me to get up close and personal including going on stage to photograph Chuck Berry and his daughter Ingrid as they performed live.

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Studio 54 Back For One Night

Altai mountain range. Mount Belukha — Is this the fabled Shambhala

The “golden mountains” is a name given to the Altai range since ancient times. The mountains run along Kazakhstan’s northeastern border with Mongolia, China, and Siberia. It is noted for its rivers, waterfalls, pure springs, and spectacular vistas, and is home to the totemic snow leopard and argali mountain sheep. Mount Belukha is the tallest mountain in the Altai range, rising more than 4,500 meters, or nearly 15,000 feet. The peak is often shrouded in clouds and has its own unique persona, one steeped in history and religion. It has witnessed Chingis Khan invading with 200,000 Mongols, and listened as the chants of Tibetan Buddhists, and the songs and laments of shamans echoed off its sheer cliffs.

It is traditionally called Üch Sümer, meaning “three peaks.” Belukha may be Sumeru, the mythical Central Asian mountain of Buddhist belief, the center of Shangri-la (Shambhala), where only the spiritually advanced may enter.

Altai Mountains, Mount Balukha — “Golden Mountains”

There are many magnificent mountain peaks in the world, and we admire them for their grandeur. Belukha calls us to silence. As we stand in its presence, awe fills us, and we start to sense something unknown and full of energy.

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Is Mount Belukha the fabled Shambhala of

The Golden Mountains of the Altai with mount Balukha at its highest summit.

Abstract Images are a common feature in our minds and world

Abstract art can help us see parallels and sense echoes between our aesthetic expression and forms in science and nature.

Abstract image, Sonar Image, Floor Gulf of Mexico — Sonar Image, floor of the Gulf of Mexico

At first glance, these images appear to be abstract art. Under closer examination, we see that they are scientific images of the ocean floor indicating deposits of gas, crude oil, and voids.

Sonar image, oil, gas, reserves, Gulf of Mexico, Abstract image. — Sonar image of oil and gas reserves, Gulf of Mexico

Imaging of the brain produces similar abstract images.
We have a natural capacity to know these shapes and use them in abstract art. Upon deeper reflection, we realize that we have the capacity to understand and express these insights through art.
The cognitive function of the brain is what we refer to as the mind. Therein lies a universe of symbols and archetypes that manifest as innate knowledge. This may be why we are touched by abstract art. The art does not objectively describe something that exists as an object. It expresses something that we feel and know, almost like a memory from a dream

Oil, Gas, Reserves, Gulf of Mexico, Sonar Image, — Sonar Imaging showing oil and gas reserves, Gulf of Mexico

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The Role of Abstaction in Art and Science

Abstraction in our minds, art and science.

Shape of Wind | Serene

Gulf of Mexico, Sandbank in Bahamas, Dune in Arabia illustrating the effects of wind. Fine Art photographic prints — Fine Art landscape prints illustrating the presence of wind and evoking serenity

Make your space serene with these fine art photographic prints. Abstract photography has the power to beautifully decorate a space and trigger an emotional sense of calm and serenity. You can select these prints or draw from my archive for similar images.

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Sandbank in the Atlantic Ocean near the Bahamas, illustrating the effects of wind. — Fine art image of a sandbank under the Atlantic Ocean in the Bahamas

Large sand dune in Saudi Arabia illustrating the effects of wind on sand dunes. — Fine Art Photography of Sand Dune, Saudi Arabia.

Wave in the Gulf of Mexico near Sarasota. — A wave in the Gulf of Mexico, illustrating the effects of wind.

There are realities we know even though we can’t see them. There are forces beyond those which we see. Wind is a clear example of this reality. We can’t see the wind. What we can see is the effect of the wind.

These three images are graphic examples of that fact. The first image is looking through the surface of the Atlantic Ocean at the shapes of a sandbank created by the wind and tides moving the sand under the water. We don’t see the wind even though it helped create these beautiful forms.

The second image shows an elegant line on the edge of a large sand dune in Arabia. The wind moves the millions of particles of sand, reshaping an enormous sand dune. Even when we can see sand blowing off the edge of a dune, we are not seeing the wind but what the wind left behind.

The third image is a familiar image of a wave being shaped by the partnership of the moon and the unseen wind.

We see the trees sway, the grass bend when the wind moves. Our knowledge of the natural world informs us that the wind is at work. A higher knowing is our intuition, which takes us beyond the physical plane to the dynamics of energy active in the atmosphere, where the recipe of the elements is creating the forces that shape life around us. When we attune to this alchemy, nature is given a chance to teach us that there is an inner knowing which goes beyond what we “know”.

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Shape of Wind

Fine Art images illustrating the shape of the wind in nature.

Sometimes a picture leaves us with more questions than answers.

Take this image of Americas smallest Post Office.

Why is it so small? Why is here on the edge of the Florida Everglades? Having been exposed to so many hurricanes, how has it survived? Who uses it?

When I drove past the tinny building I stopped turned around and took a closer look.

I realized the picture I was going to make was less about the documentation of the architecture and more about the feeling it triggered the stories I imagined.

Who was the postmaster? How many people used it. If it wasn’t there how many people would be affected. What kind of relationship did the customers have with the postmaster? When was it built and why? The unanswered questions go on and on.

The saying is “ever picture tells a story.”

I’d propose that some of the more interesting pictures often leave the story unfinished with more questions than answers.

Keeping some mystery in your life.

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Kazakhstan is dotted with 48,000 lakes, many small like this mirror-surfaced one at Ush-Konyr near Fabrichny

A Visual Meditation

You don’t have to travel the world to find peace and calm. I’ve done that for you. Put this print on the wall of your home or office and have immediate access to a visual trigger that will transport you to a place of pure air, water, and calm.

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Bring Calm into your life

Visual peace and calm in your space.

I create images that go beyond simply representing the subject; they capture its emotional intensity.

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Excite your Walls

Images that go beyond the ordinary to express emotion

The area of Sagano Japan has a remarkably beautiful calm and peaceful bamboo grove. There is wonderful sound when the wind blows through the bamboo causing it to knock together. Put that together with the sound of rain and your ready for a peaceful nights rest.

Daydream your afternoon away. Perhaps one of the best things you can do for yourself.

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Calm and peaceful Japanese landscape

Beautiful peaceful images to bring calm into your living spaces.

Cedar tree, Mesa Verde, Colorado, Fine Art — Cedar tree, Mesa Verde, Colorado

Time and life’s conditions bring about change. This cedar tree with the markings of wind, rain and snow, deep cold and searing sun shows us that beauty and grace remain even though the cedars stately and grand posture has passed.

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Beauty of Change

Reflection on the beauty and grace to be seen in change.

This mission church is one of the oldest churches in America dedicated to San Francisco de Asis. It is an outstanding example of adobe mission architecture. Constructed between 1813 & 1815. Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico.

The clean lines and earthen materials make it a kindered spirit to modern architecture from the Sarasota School of Architecture. They both integrate the outdoor environment with the architecture using simple materials and clean lines in the design.

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Adobe Architecture

Adobe mission church San Francisco de Assis, Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico.

architecture, sprial staircase, shaker village, pleasant hill, kentucky — Spiral staircase, Shaker Village, Pleasant Hill, Kentucky

Spiral cherry wood staircase, one of a twin. Designed by Michajah Burnett for the Trustee’s house at the Shaker Village, Pleasant Hill, Kentucky.

I was commissioned by Nikon to use all their lenses to show each to it’s full creative and technical performance. The 8mm fisheye lens proved to be a challenge because it drew so much attention to the technical characteristic of the circular format. I felt it easily took away from the engaging aesthetics of the subject. That all changed when I came upon this magnificent spiral cherry wood staircase. There was a match between the way the concept of the spiral was formed within the staircase and the format of the fisheye lens. This image is the result.

The image is part of a collection of images I’ve curated illustrating my signature style.

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Spiral Staircase

2020 ended with a full moon. It joins the sun in giving us a celestial presence that is reassuring, and god knows we can use some reassurance about now.

Natue is always a reliable source to turn to for orientation. So look up, look around, you might find what you’re looking for.

Winter Solstice, Sun, — Sun viewed above the Gulf of Mexico, Sarasota, Florida

2021 started as it did the day before and as it will tomorrow, with the sun in the sky bringing light, energy and warmth, The presence of the sun offers us stability, continuity, and certainty. That’s good. I’ll take it.

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Celestial Constants Certainty in Uncertain Times

The sun and moon celestial constants in uncertain times

Kazakh artists have appropriated the color red as a symbol for the vitality of life in their traditional art for millennia. This field of red poppies is in Ordabasy, Kazakhstan the place where the three major Juz or tribes came together to unify Kazakhstan in 1726 under the leadership of Abulkhair.

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Poppies the color of life

Field of poppies at the historical site of Ordabasy, Kazakhstan.

Tulips in the snow, Panfilov Park, Almaty, Kazakhstan.

While researching for my book The Soul of Kazakhstan in the New York public library, I came across a letter Natalya Sedova, Leon Trotsky’s wife, wrote home while exiled in Almaty, Kazakhstan. She exclaimed about the beauty of a late spring snow blanketing the tulips. I remember thinking, what a remarkable image, I’d love to see that. As good fortune would have it, my apartment was across from where the Trotskys lived. On a spring day in April, I was treated to the same beautiful sight.

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Tulips in the snow

White Rose, 40″ x 60″ photographic fine art print.

Mothers day a few years ago I bought a couple dozen white roses for my mother-in-law. I had gotten them from a wholesale supplier I had been using for flowers to photograph in my studio. The white roses were super fresh and flawless. As I looked closely at them appreciating their beauty I saw one that was pure and perfect, not a single blemish. So I took it into the studio and spent most of the day studying and photographing this perfect rose. The image above is of that rose.

A collector in New York city bought an eight foot wide print of this image had it matted and framed in white and placed as the single design element in their dining room.

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White Rose

Kiva at the Spruce Tree House, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado

This Kiva was a ceremonial space at the Spruce Tree House. It was within the cliff dwellings built around 1190 A.D. by the Pueblo people in the area of the Mesa Verde.

Kiva Spruce Tree House.
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Kiva

Kiva, ceremonial space of Pueblo people’s at Spruce Tree House in the Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.

Use metal, acrylic or vinyl to safely install this print in a damp environment.

I moved down the beach and into the water so I could place this wave in a diagonal composition. I like the way the angle in combination with the contrast in light and the slow shutter speed enhanced the graceful sense of movement in this picture. There’s a softness and strength I find appealing in this image.

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Golden Wave / Serenity

Graceful and serene image of a wave at sunset.

End of Day, Lido Beach, Sarasota, Florida

A recent purchase by Mariella Smith-Masters a collector of my art.

Installation, Camden, Maine. This black and white print is 36″ x 24″. See other sizes at my online store: eastepstore.wayneeastep.com

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End of Day

Black and White Photograph

Approaching storm over the sawgrass in the Everglades. Shown here this print is 72″ wide by 48″ high

Everglades, Water, Golden-hour, Nature, Art, Photography, Photographic-Art — Approaching storm at sunset along a canal in the Florida Everglades.

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Everglades Sawgrass

Approaching storm at sunset over the sawgrass of the Everglades.

DIY Home Decorating with peel and stick wall murals.

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A Room With A View

Vinyl print creates a room with a view.

“Meteor”

I created this image in my Studio by fracturing the light spectrum.

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“Meteor”

Nautilus print sandwiched between two layers of plexiglass.

This image of a nautilus is sandwiched between two layers of plexiglass to protect it from moisture around the pool. The print is part of a 20 print collection permanently installed at the Grand Tier across from Lincoln Center on the upper west side of New York city.

This post-war 30 story high-rise was designed by famed architect Costas Kondylis, with interior spaces designed by renowned American Designer John Saladino.

Sandwiching the image between two layers of plexiglass made it possible to safely display the print in this moist environment. There are a number of solutions for displaying prints in challenging environmental conditions.

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Nautilus print on permanent display at the Grand Tier in New York City

Print of a nautilus sandwiched between two layers of plexiglass at the Grand Tier apartments in New York city.

DIY Home Decorating with peel and stick wall murals

Wallpaper, Wall Decal, Interior Design, — Akhmed Yasavi bathhouse, Shymkent, Kazakhstan

Transform your space with images of unique places from around the world.

New materials make it possible to imprint images onto surfaces that can play a role in your interior design and architecture.

Repositionable vinyl wallpaper/decal makes it possible to install a decal without damaging the paint or wall and when you want to remove the decal and install a different image.

There are exciting possibilities to imprint an image into tile mosaic and create a permanent architectural solution.

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Art + Interior Design +Architecture

Art print of a California black mission fig

Beautify your kitchen walls with food art.

Art should be exhibited in the kitchen. We prepare food to be beautiful. We choose kitchen dishes, pots, utensils and even appliances for their style and the way they enrich our aesthetics in the kitchen. Our library of food cookbooks include titles like The Art of Food, The Beauty of Food, etc. It’s time to spice up our lives with beautiful art in the kitchen.

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What’s being exhibited in the kitchen?

Fine art in the kitchen.

removable murals, peel and stick, murals, wallpaper, — Peel and stick mural for online video meetings.

The Covid-19 Pandemic has affected the way we communicate. Millions of people are using apps like Zoom, Facetime, Google Meet, Skype, etc. Many users are sitting in front of bookshelves, doors, windows and a range of objects that draw attention away from you and distract.

Consider upping your online presence and go professional. Select an image that can be printed on a removable peel and stick wall mural.

Contact me to find a beautiful affordable background. The print can be modest in size to fit behind you when online or it can be wall paper that covers an entire wall.

When you want or need to change the image simply peel it away from the wall (leaving no marks or damage to the wall) roll it up to use another time. Then attach the new print.

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Peel and Stick Murals for Online Meetings

Peel and stick murals as a background for your online video meeting.

Image created by bending the light spectrum.

I love the illusion of fire that this image creates. This print is 47″x 96″. To see this image at different sizes visit my online store: EastepPhotography

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Bending the spectrum of light

Sulfur is a by-product of oil refining and gas production. This mountain of sulfur was at the Hess refinery in St. Croix, US V.I.. The way that certain areas of the sulfur retained moisture and others dried combined with the way the sulfur pellets moved created this beautiful abstraction and range of rich color.

Interior Design, Wall Decor, Wall Art, Interior Decorating, Graphic Images, Contemporary Art, Colorful Art, — Abstract images from the world of industry create strong graphic and colorful statements.

Subjects from the world of industry offer a surprising collection of strong graphic and colorful images which bring surprising energy into a space. When the subject is abstracted as it is here the result can introduce ambiguity which activates the imagination and invites your own interpretation. Because of the elemental nature of the shapes and the richness of the color the image can be appreciated for its intrinsic beauty.

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Industrial Art: Sulfur

Art of industrial subjects used as strong graphic images within an interior space.

Art, Photographic Art, fine art, underwater image, Bonaire, Coral Polyps, Orange Tube Coral, mural, Corporate Art, Art Specifier, Art for Corporations, — Art at the Princess Cruise Headquarters in West Palm Beach, Florida Coral Polyps of Orange Tube Coral (Tubastrea coccinea). These polyps are only visible in the dark, usually at night. Bonaire The print is eight feet wide museum box mounted. Printer is Ken Lieberman Labs in New York, NY

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Palm Beach Casino Line boardroom, Palm Beach, Florida

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Art in Corporate Spaces

Bathroom, Bathroom Decor, Interiors, Interior Design, Bathroom design, Interior Designers — Print in a bathroom of carp and maple leaves in the pond at the Sanzen-Temple in Kyoto, Japan.

Carp, Maple Leaves, Sanzen-in, Kyoto, Japan

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Fine art print in the bathroom

Industry is built using engineering design. I’ve always appreciated the elegance of design be it in fine art drawings, fashion, or industrial design. Often the clearer the concept the cleaner the design. Long ago the Shakers and Danish designers illustrated that truth.

This image is a sonar mapping image of the floor of the Gulf of Mexico identifying were there are voids in the earth, where there is crude oil and where there is natural gas.

Once again when we turn our attention to nature we often see elegant design and beauty.

Sonar Map, Gulf of Mexico.

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Unexpected Art/Industry

Industry an unexpected source of art

I intend for my images to be seen and play a role in evoking a mood. Today more than ever images are a part of our lives, on our phones, computers and prints in our homes and offices.

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Approaching storm at sunset in Sarasota, Florida.

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Approaching Storm

Approaching Strom, Sarasota, Florida

Dingy, Boat, Sarasota-Bay, Sarasota, Florida, iPhone11Pro, Moody-image, — Dingy on Sarasota Bay, Sarasota, Florida

Technological limitations with the iPhone11Pro camera results in an opportunity to discover new expressions in an image. This image for example was made after dusk in low light. Phone cameras have a challenge recording images in low light conditions. This image of the dingy creates a mood that an exacting image made with my high end Nikon would not. The pixels are breaking up, the colors degraded, a technical issue called “noise” and there is a loss of sharpness. The result is that the image takes on a painterly look and creates a feeling that is moody and ambiguous.

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Seeing into the mood of the moment

Low light image of a boat on Sarasota bay with the iPhone11Pro camera.

Full Moon, September 1, 2020. Sarsaota, Florida

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