Seven Windswept
Symmetrical Photographs
A 2026 Thematic Inkjet Print Project
#1 Windswept Symmetrical Photograph Inkjet Print 16x20"
"A Blue Wave" (Windswept Inside & Out)
#2 Windswept Symmetrical Photograph Inkjet Print 16x20"
"A Butterfly in Windswept Flight"
#3 Windswept Symmetrical Photograph Inkjet Print 16x20"
"A Blackbird's Windswept Eyes In Flight"
#4 Windswept Symmetrical Photograph Inkjet Print 16x20"
"Windswept Wildfire"
#5 Windswept Symmetrical Photograph Inkjet Print 16x20"
"A Windswept Cloud of Smoke Over A Windswept Burning Forest"
#6 Windswept Symmetrical Photograph Inkjet Print 16x20"
"A Windswept Pompeii Piazza"
"Windswept Vietnam Memorial (with lines and lines of visitors)"
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Introduction
These Symmetrical photographs were constructed from images I had made for an earlier project entitled Windswept Landscapes and Memorials. I encourage you to visit the project, see the original single, wind-blurred images, and read the brief introduction.
These Symmetrical photographs were constructed from images I had made for an earlier project entitled Windswept Landscapes and Memorials. I encourage you to visit the project, see the original single, wind-blurred images, and read the brief introduction.
(Note: if you are interested in learning how I create the symmetrical photographs you can visit this link:
Straight & Symmetrical-Constructed Photographs)
I'm fascinated by the transformation that occurs with the four-fold symmetrical construction process. When I get into a meditative state as I work with the process I often have a sense about the ritual aspect of creating symmetry, a visual form that is quite literally a merging of interior images with their corresponding outer-world counterparts that functions for me as a visual metaphor for the yogic concept of the Oneness of Being, or the re-union of the human soul with the Supreme Soul, God, or divine Consciousness.
For this project I began making the symmetrical images with photographs that had already undergone radical "wind-swept" transformations. Wind, of course, is associated with the divine breath and inspiration, and in that respect I thought of those initial windswept images as a visual metaphor for the transforming power of nature. With the added transformations of the four-fold symmetrical processes I used, I became interested in thinking about the way wind can change, destroy and even heal or purify the things in our world in radical, magical or other meaningful ways. The titles I have placed under each of the images will probably clue you into what I mean; however I encourage you to come to your own meanings if my titles seem too imposing.
I'm fascinated by the transformation that occurs with the four-fold symmetrical construction process. When I get into a meditative state as I work with the process I often have a sense about the ritual aspect of creating symmetry, a visual form that is quite literally a merging of interior images with their corresponding outer-world counterparts that functions for me as a visual metaphor for the yogic concept of the Oneness of Being, or the re-union of the human soul with the Supreme Soul, God, or divine Consciousness.
For this project I began making the symmetrical images with photographs that had already undergone radical "wind-swept" transformations. Wind, of course, is associated with the divine breath and inspiration, and in that respect I thought of those initial windswept images as a visual metaphor for the transforming power of nature. With the added transformations of the four-fold symmetrical processes I used, I became interested in thinking about the way wind can change, destroy and even heal or purify the things in our world in radical, magical or other meaningful ways. The titles I have placed under each of the images will probably clue you into what I mean; however I encourage you to come to your own meanings if my titles seem too imposing.
This project is the fourth in a series of 2026 miniature Inkjet Print projects which places images I have just recently printed for the first time into a thematic framework.
Seven Windswept Symmetrical Photographs July 18, 2026
This project was published on my blog's
Welcome Page on July 18, 2026
Related Projects:
Welcome Page to The Departing Landscape website which includes the complete hyperlinked listing of my online photography blog projects dating back to the 1960's, my resume, contact information, Introductory texts, and more.
