Con Slobodchikoff has been doing abstract photographs for a number of years. He first started photographing abstract patterns in nature, and won Natural History Magazine's Grand Prize in 1980 for an abstract photograph of a yucca plant partially immersed in a white sand dune. Zen Koan Visions represents seeing the world through its many layers in our search for enlightenment. Shadows respresents our struggle to break out of our limited world, seeking the sun as in Plato's Allegory of the Cave. http://artabstract.smugmug.com/photos/183154071_rLv2X-Ti.jpg http://artabstract.smugmug.com/ 2009-11-16T22:24:02Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://artabstract.smugmug.com">artabstract</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://artabstract.smugmug.com/Art/Zen-Art/10317014_uAJkZ">Zen Art</a>'</p><p><a href="http://artabstract.smugmug.com/Art/Zen-Art/10317014_uAJkZ" title="Zen Art"><img src="http://artabstract.smugmug.com/Art/Zen-Art/Autumn-Harmony/713049902_KkxaF-Th-1.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="Zen Art" title="Zen Art" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-16T22:24:02Z artabstract http://artabstract.smugmug.com http://artabstract.smugmug.com/Art/Zen-Art/10317014_uAJkZ <p><a href="http://artabstract.smugmug.com">artabstract</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://artabstract.smugmug.com/Art/Shadows/3572850_NEDQr">Shadows</a>'</p><p><a href="http://artabstract.smugmug.com/Art/Shadows/3572850_NEDQr" title="Shadows"><img src="http://artabstract.smugmug.com/Art/Shadows/Shadows1/204418500_Lo5Mx-Th-3.jpg" width="96" height="150" alt="Shadows" title="Shadows" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-25T13:45:18Z artabstract http://artabstract.smugmug.com http://artabstract.smugmug.com/Art/Shadows/3572850_NEDQr <p><a href="http://artabstract.smugmug.com">artabstract</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://artabstract.smugmug.com/Art/Zen-Koan-Visions/3287246_dyvHy">Zen Koan Visions</a>'</p><p><a href="http://artabstract.smugmug.com/Art/Zen-Koan-Visions/3287246_dyvHy" title="Zen Koan Visions"><img src="http://artabstract.smugmug.com/Art/Zen-Koan-Visions/Autumn-Bridge/182441483_6VqQk-Th-7.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="Zen Koan Visions" title="Zen Koan Visions" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-25T13:44:31Z artabstract http://artabstract.smugmug.com http://artabstract.smugmug.com/Art/Zen-Koan-Visions/3287246_dyvHy <p><a href="http://artabstract.smugmug.com">artabstract</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://artabstract.smugmug.com/Art/Roses/7456229_pfGVr">Roses</a>'</p><p><a href="http://artabstract.smugmug.com/Art/Roses/7456229_pfGVr" title="Roses"><img src="http://artabstract.smugmug.com/Art/Roses/ManyRoses10/480951386_zN6W7-Th-4.jpg" width="150" height="111" alt="Roses" title="Roses" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-25T13:43:15Z artabstract http://artabstract.smugmug.com http://artabstract.smugmug.com/Art/Roses/7456229_pfGVr