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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The lushness of lilies
Put beauty and energy on your walls.

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

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Painted Eucalyptus Tree, Sarasota, Florida Image made with iPhone Camera

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Learn how you can make creative images with your iPhone Camera And Expand Your Way of Seeing

The course is designed to be fun, entertaining, and informative. The class is taught in plain english rather than techno-speak to make the technical functions understandable. You will leave the class feeling confident about being creative with your iPhone. You will learn how to control camera features like shutter release, focus, exposure settings, and a range of composition techniques.  You’ll learn how to edit, organize, and store your images. You will also expand your creative way of observing. 

As a Master Photographer (www.WayneEastep.com) I have been celebrated for my fine art, commercial and documentary photography. I have traveled the globe photographing commissions and assignments for National Geographic, Smithsonian Magazine, and Fortune 500 companies including Nikon, Canon, Olympus, and Polaroid.  I have produced and published six books featuring my photography and lectured at museums, universities, and professional organizations.  I’ve taught this course to students who are beginners and professionals.  Whatever your level of experience, this course will increase your ability with the iPhone camera and expand your way of seeing. 

The fee for the course is $175. The class is limited to eight. Contact me to save your place.

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A look at the nomadic lifestyle in Arabia

I am honored to have my work about the Bedu of Arabia featured in the current issue of ETHMED online magazine. The values of this traditional and ancient way of life have persisted for over five thousand years and have adapted to modern life in the 21st century.

It was one of the highest honors of my life to be accepted by the clans of the Al Amrah and Al Erq of the Al Murrah tribes to live with them and document their way of life. From 1980 to the present I continue to maintain a relationship with the clans and learn so much about respect, honor, relationships, loyalty, survival, and adaptation a few of the values that define nomadic life among the Bedu of Arabia.

Gathering at the wedding of Mohammed Alerq. Social protocol demands that everyone sit in a circle. Dahna Sands, Saudi Arabia
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Nomadism

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